poche
/pɔʃ/feminine
The French word for pocket is poche.
poche refers to a bag stitched to an item of clothing. You can use the related phrase de poche as an adjective to describe something that is pocket-sized or portable. If you want to use a verb, empocher means to put something into a pocket.
Meaning: bag stitched to an item of clothing (noun)
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
poche is a feminine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
/pɔʃ/
When do people say it?
The expression Vide tes poches is used to mean 'empty your pockets'.
Did you know?
- In French culinary terms, pocher describes a method of cooking food gently in simmering liquid, such as a poached egg.
- The expression avoir la poche percée literally means 'to have a pierced pocket' and describes someone who spends money as soon as they get it.
- A poche à pipi is a common, blunt French colloquialism for a urinary bag.
Examples in context
- Mets-le dans ta poche.Put it in your pocket.Tatoeba #9576715 by Aiji, translation #2890444 by sharptoothed
- Sors la main de ta poche !Take your hand out of your pocket.Tatoeba #3460552 by sacredceltic, translation #3460363 by Hybrid
- Mets l'argent dans ta poche.Put the money in your pocket.Tatoeba #11959482 by lbdx, translation #2267683 by _undertoad
- J'ai mis mes clés dans ma poche.I put my keys in my pocket.
- Elle a trouvé un billet dans la poche de sa veste.She found a ticket in the pocket of her jacket.
- N'oubliez pas de mettre les documents dans la pochette de présentation.Don't forget to put the documents in the presentation folder.
- Il a fouillé dans ses poches pour trouver de la monnaie.He rummaged in his pockets to find some change.
- J'ai fouillé dans mes poches, mais je n'ai pas trouvé mes clés.I rummaged in my pockets, but I couldn't find my keys.
- 132 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Manon and Nathan are looking for his keys in his jacket.
- ManonNathan, est-ce que tu as tes clés ?Nathan, do you have your keys?
- NathanJe cherche dans la poche de ma veste.I am looking in my jacket pocket.
- ManonRegarde dans la poche de droite.Look in the right pocket.
- NathanAh, je les ai trouvées !Ah, I found them!
Sources
- Wiktionary, “pocket” translations and entries poche, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
