bache

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noun

The dale of a stream or rivulet.

OriginMiddle English *becck ← Old English *becc ← Proto-Germanic *bakjaz →
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Meanings

bache1

nounbache (plural baches)

plural baches

  1. obsoleteThe dale of a stream or rivulet.

Bache2

proper noun
  1. A surname.
  2. A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).

Origin

bache · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰog-“flowing water, stream”
  2. Proto-Germanic*bakjaz“brook”
  3. Old English*becc“stream”
  4. Middle English*becck
  5. Englishbache

Possibly a dialectal form of Middle English *becck, *betch, from to Old English *becc (“stream”), from Proto-Germanic *bakjaz (“brook”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰog- (“flowing water, stream”). Cognate with Old Norse bekkr (“brook”). More at beck.

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Bache · proper noun

* As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. * As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. * Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

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APA

bache. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bache

MLA

“bache.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bache. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bache,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bache.

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