gaffe
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French gaffe (“blunder”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
gaffe (plural gaffes)
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
SynonymsEdit
- (error, especially made in public): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
- See also Thesaurus:error
TranslationsEdit
a foolish error, especially one made in public
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FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”), from *𐌲𐌰- (ga-) (intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”).
PronunciationEdit
Noun 1Edit
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
Derived termsEdit
Noun 2Edit
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
Further readingEdit
- “gaffe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GermanEdit
VerbEdit
gaffe
- First-person singular present of gaffen.
- Imperative singular of gaffen.
- First-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.
- Third-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.