douche

1. 1.

   a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas

   Synonymsdouche bag

   Broadersyringe
2. 2.

   irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents

   Broaderirrigation

1. 1.

   direct a spray of water into a bodily cavity, for cleaning

   Broadercleanse

Other forms of douche

plural

douches·

past tense

douched·

present participle

douching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about douche

What does douche mean?

douche means "a small syringe with detachable nozzles; used for vaginal lavage and enemas". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in douche?

douche has 1 syllable: douche. In IPA it is /ˈduʃ/.

What is another word for douche?

Close synonyms include douche bag. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is douche a common word?

douche is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.