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perch

/pɝt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.29 in modern English

Syllables
perch
IPA
/pɝt͡ʃ/
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

Australian usage

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

American usage

noun

Any of the about 200 related species of fish in the taxonomic family Percidae, especially:

British usage

noun

Several similar species in the order Perciformes, such as the grouper.

noun

A rod, staff, tree branch, ledge, etc., used as a roost by a bird.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-der. Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē)der. Latin percader. Old French perchebor. Middle English perche English perch From Middle English perche, from Old French perche, from Latin perca, from Ancient Greek πέρκη (pérkē, “perch”), cognate with περκνός (perknós, “dark-spotted”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *perḱ-, whence also Old English forn (“trout”), German Forelle (“trout”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /pɝt͡ʃ/
  • British English: /pɜːtʃ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

perches (plural) perches (present, singular) perching (participle, present) perched (participle, past) perched (past)

Derived Forms

logperch perchlet perchlike perchling pikeperch rockperch sandperch sunperch surfperch aperch deperch overperch

Phrases

American perch Balkhash perch barber perch bass perch black perch bluenose perch blue perch estuarine perch

Synonyms

rod pole roost rest alight light

Rhymes With

research church search birch burch lurch bertsch burtch gertsch flame birch sand perch merch

Questions

How do you pronounce perch?
The recorded pronunciation is /pɝt͡ʃ/.
What does perch mean?
Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
Where does perch come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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