clenche

• clanche (Lorraine, Normandy, Champagne Ardennes, Alsace)

From Frankish *klinka (“latch”). Cognate with Dutch klink, German Klinke.

• IPA^(key): /klɑ̃ʃ/

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clenche f (plural clenches)

1. latch

• “clenche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.