potache
French, noun/pɔ.taʃ/
potache is spelled P-O-T-A-C-H-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 49,558th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Potache is a French masculine noun meaning “student, school kid” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Collégien, lycéen”.
What does potache mean in English?
adjective
- 1
schoolboy, schoolboyish
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinestudent, school kid
blague de potache
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a les caractéristiques des collégiens, des lycéens, en particulier relativement à l’humour.
noun: 1. Collégien, lycéen.
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 potache
- potaches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce potache?
- /pɔ.taʃ/
- \pɔ.taʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is potache in French?
potache appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).