gaufre
See also: gaufré
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French walfre, from Frankish *wafel or Middle Dutch wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Compare English waffle.
Noun edit
gaufre f (plural gaufres)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Louisiana or Canadian French, from sense 1 (“honeycomb”), said to be reference to their burrows.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
gaufre m (plural gaufres)
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gaufre
- inflection of gaufrer:
Further reading edit
- “gaufre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.