potiche
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
potiche (plural potiches)
- (ceramics) A vase with a separate cover, the body usually rounded or polygonal in plan with nearly vertical sides, a neck of smaller size, and a rounded shoulder.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
potiche f (plural potiches)
- porcelain vase
- figurehead (person); window dressing
- (chiefly Europe) trophy wife
Descendants[edit]
- → English: potiche
Further reading[edit]
- “potiche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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