pécher, v.n., to sin, to transgress, to trespass; to offend; to err; to be deficient, to fail. — contre la bienséance; to offend against decency. Ce n’est pas par là qu’il pèche; that is not his failing.
pêcher, v.a. and n., to fish, to angle, to fish for, to fish up, to drag out; to find, to pick up. — à la ligne; to angle for, with rod and line. — un étang; to draw a pond. — en eau trouble; to fish in troubled waters. — au plat; to pick into the dish. Où avez-vous pêché cela? where did you pick that up or where did you get hold of that?
pêcher, n.m., peach-tree.
pécheresse (pé-shrès), n.f. V. pécheur.
pêcherie (pê-shrî), n.f., fishing-place; fishery, fish-pond.
péche-ur, n.m., -resse, n.f., sinner.
pêcheu-r, n.m., -se, n.f., fisher, angler, fisherman, fisherwoman. — à la ligne; angler. Ligne de —; fishing-line.
pêcheu-r, -se, adj., fishing.
pécore, n.f., stupid creature, blockhead, animal, creature.
pecque, n.f., silly, conceited woman or girl.