gibet

French

Etymology

Probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) (or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”) ^[1]).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʒibɛ/

Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

1. (literary) gallows, gibbet

Synonyms

• potence

References

1. ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520

Jèrriais

Etymology

Of Germanic origins.

Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

1. gallows