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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)
- 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)
- gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)
Derived terms
- faire gaffe
Descendants
- ? Portuguese: gafe
Noun 2
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
- (nautical) boathook
Further reading
- “gaffe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Verb
gaffe
- inflection of gaffen:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Italian
Noun
gaffe f
- plural of gaffa
Noun
gaffe f (invariable)
- gaffe, blunder, boob
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gaffs
English
Noun
gaffs
- plural of gaff
Verb
gaffs
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gaff
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