locher
French, verb/lɔ.ʃe/
locher is spelled L-O-C-H-E-R (6 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written French, the 142,934th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locher is a French verb meaning “to shake, in particular a tree to get its fruits” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Secouer, branler. Se disait souvent du fer d’un cheval”.
What does locher mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shake, in particular a tree to get its fruits
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Secouer, branler. Se disait souvent du fer d’un cheval. 2. Avoir un fer qui loche : Être incommodé. 3. Faire mal. 4. Enfiler à l’aide d’une aiguille un poisson sur un bas de ligne.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of locher
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- lochant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- loché participle past
- loche first-person indicative present
- loches indicative present second-person
- lochons first-person indicative plural
- lochez indicative plural present
- lochent indicative plural present
- lochais first-person imperfect indicative
- lochait imperfect indicative singular
- lochions first-person imperfect indicative
- lochiez imperfect indicative plural
- lochaient imperfect indicative plural
- lochai first-person historic indicative
- lochas historic indicative past
- locha historic indicative past
- lochâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce locher?
- /lɔ.ʃe/
- \lɔ.ʃe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is locher in French?
locher appears about once in every 19 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).