gibet

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒi.bɛ/

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Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

1. (literary) gallows, gibbet

   Synonym: potence

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gibete, gibbet, gibat, gibite, gebete, gebat, iebat, iebet, iubet, iubeit, jebet, jebbet, jubet

Etymology

From Old French gibet (“gallows”).

Noun

gibet (plural gibets)

1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and/or public display; a gallows.
2. An execution by means of noose and gallows; a hanging.

Descendants

• English: gibbet

References

• “ǧibē̆t(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Norman

Etymology

Possibly of Frankish origins.

Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

1. (Jersey) gallows

Old French

Noun

gibet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gibez or gibetz, nominative singular gibez or gibetz, nominative plural gibet)

1. gallows
   • usint come l'em fet del larcin en le col au laron ke l'em meine au gibet pur pendre

Descendants

• → Middle English: gibet, gibete, gibbet, gibat, gibite, gebete, gebat, iebat, iebet, iubet, iubeit, jebet, jebbet, jubet
  • English: gibbet
• French: gibet