jachère
See also: jachéré
French
Etymology
[1690]; formerly ‘tillage, land prepared for plowing’, from Old French gaschiere, gaskiere, from Gaulish *gansco (“branch”) (compare Old Irish gesca); from Proto-Indo-European *kak-.
Akin to Spanish and Portuguese gancho (“hook”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒaʃɛʁ/
Noun
jachère f (plural jachères)
Synonyms
- guéret
- somart (dialectal)
- friche
Derived terms
Further reading
- “jachère” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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