gîte

See also: gite, gité, and gîté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French gîte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒiːt/ (or as French, below)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːt

Noun

gîte (plural gîtes)

1. A French holiday home, or a rented tourist cottage.

Anagrams

• tige

French

Alternative forms

• gite (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French giste, past participle of gesir, modern French gésir (“to lie, to be located”). Compare regional jas (“sheepfold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒit/

• audio:

  (file)

Noun

gîte m (plural gîtes)

1. shelter; lodging
2. gîte (self-catering holiday home)
3. beef shin

Derived terms

• gîte touristique

Noun

gîte f (plural gîtes)

1. (nautical) list (inclination of a ship)

Verb

gîte

1. inflection of gîter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “gîte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• tige