What does louche in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word louche in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use louche in French.

The word louche in French means ladle, ladleful, ladle, shifty, sleazy, squinty, cross-eyed, mitt, deposit, squint, eye, lust after, using a ladle, roughly, approximately, smell a rat, likely story, ladle-molded. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word louche

ladle

nom féminin (ustensile de cuisine creux) (utensil)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Attrape la louche pour servir la soupe.
Grab the ladle to serve the soup.

ladleful, ladle

nom féminin (contenu)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Sers-moi une louche de soupe.
Serve me a ladleful of soup.

shifty, sleazy

adjectif (familier (bizarre, suspect) (person, informal)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Cette histoire est bien louche. J'ai préféré changer de trottoir en voyant un mec louche qui me fixait.
This story is very shady.

squinty, cross-eyed

adjectif (vieilli (bigle) (informal)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")
Ses yeux bleus étaient louches.
Her blue eyes were squinty.

mitt

nom féminin (argot (main) (figurative, slang: hand)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Les deux gars se sont serré la louche.
The two boys shook hands.

deposit

nom masculin (précipité d'un liquide)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après agitation, un louche est apparu dans le tube d'analyse.
After shaking, a deposit appeared in the test tube.

squint

verbe intransitif (avoir un strabisme)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il porte des lunettes car il louche.
He wears glasses because he is cross-eyed.

eye

verbe transitif indirect (familier (regarder)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Il loucha vers sa séduisante voisine de table.
He eyed up the attractive woman sitting at his table.

lust after

verbe transitif indirect (familier (convoiter)

Il louche vers un poste de direction.
He has his eye on a managerial position.

using a ladle

locution adverbiale (à l'aide d'une louche)

(expression: Prepositional phrase, adverbial phrase, or other phrase or expression--for example, "behind the times," "on your own.")

roughly, approximately

locution adverbiale (familier, figuré (grosso modo)

(adverb: Describes a verb, adjective, adverb, or clause--for example, "come quickly," "very rare," "happening now," "fall down.")

smell a rat

locution verbale (pressentir une irrégularité) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")

likely story

nom féminin (histoire suspecte) (ironic)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Un crime survient en pleine rue et personne n'a rien vu, c'est une histoire louche !

ladle-molded

locution adjectivale (fromage : formé avec une louche) (US)

(adjective: Describes a noun or pronoun--for example, "a tall girl," "an interesting book," "a big house.")

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