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gaffe

English

Alternative forms

  • gaff

Etymology

From French gaffe (blunder). Doublet of gaff.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æf/
  • Rhymes: -æf

Noun

gaffe (plural gaffes)

  1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
    Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, error, slip, slip-up; see also Thesaurus:error

Translations

See also

  • malapropism
  • Freudian slip
  • Bushism

French

Etymology

From Old Occitan gaf (clasp), from Gothic ???????????????????? (gafah, clasp, noun), from ????????- (ga-, intensifier) + ???????????????????? (fahan, to catch).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?af/
  • Rhymes: -af

Noun 1

gaffe f (plural gaffes)

  1. gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)

Derived terms

  • faire gaffe

Descendants

  • ? Portuguese: gafe

Noun 2

gaffe f (plural gaffes)

  1. (nautical) boathook

Further reading

  • “gaffe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Verb

gaffe

  1. inflection of gaffen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
    3. first/third-person singular subjunctive I

Italian

Noun

gaffe f

  1. plural of gaffa

Noun

gaffe f (invariable)

  1. gaffe, blunder, boob

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gaffs

English

Noun

gaffs

  1. plural of gaff

Verb

gaffs

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaff

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