pouch C2+ Topic:General Vocabulary US /paʊtʃ/ UK /paʊtʃ/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a small bag or pocket-like container She kept her coins in a leather pouch. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a small bag or pocket-like... bagsackpocketsacpursewallet Word family Derived forms pouchedpouchy Related forms pokepocket Appears in Phrases (1) See all cheek pouch a pocket inside an animal's cheek used to hold food Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Old French pouche, a Picard or Norman variant of poche ('bag, pocket'), of Germanic origin (compare Old English pocca 'bag'). pouche Old French *pukô Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics General Vocabulary External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # pouch **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /paʊtʃ/ **IPA (UK):** /paʊtʃ/ ## Meanings 1. a small bag or pocket-like container ## Examples - She kept her coins in a leather pouch. ## Synonyms - bag - sack - pocket - sac - purse - wallet ## Derived Forms - pouched - pouchy ## Related Forms - poke - pocket ## Roots and Affixes - Root: pouche - Root: *pukô ## Etymology From Old French pouche, a Picard or Norman variant of poche ('bag, pocket'), of Germanic origin (compare Old English pocca 'bag'). ## AI Etymology Pouch comes from Old French pouche, a Picard or Norman variant of poche ('bag, pocket'), of Germanic origin (compare Old English pocca 'bag'). The historical chain includes Old French pouche and Proto-Germanic *pukô. The quoted older senses, "bag, pocket" and "bag", supply the semantic anchors for pouch. The formation is best read as borrowed: the word pouch carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "a small bag or pocket-like container". English derivatives include pouched and pouchy; related English forms include poke and pocket. The result is a noun and verb whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - General Vocabulary markdown