pruche
French, noun/pʁyʃ/
pruche is spelled P-R-U-C-H-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written French, the 196,291st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pruche is a French feminine noun meaning “hemlock (tree of Tsuga genus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Nom utilisé au Canada pour désigner les arbres du genre Tsuga de la famille des Pinacées”.
What does pruche mean in English?
noun
- 1
Quebecfemininehemlock (tree of Tsuga genus)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Nom utilisé au Canada pour désigner les arbres du genre Tsuga de la famille des Pinacées. 2. Bois tiré de cet arbre.
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 pruche
- pruches plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pruche?
- /pʁyʃ/
- \pʁyʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pruche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pruche in French?
pruche appears about once in every 38 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).