guimbarde

English

Etymology

French guimbarde

Noun

guimbarde (plural guimbardes)

1. A Jew's harp.

Alternative forms

• guimbard

French

Etymology

From Occitan guimbardo, from guimbar (“to jump”), from Old Occitan guimar (“to leap”), possibly from a hypothetical Gothic *𐍅𐌹𐌼𐍉𐌽 (*wimōn, “to rise [?]”), which would be related to Old Saxon upwimōn (“to rise”), Old High German ūfwiumen (“to well or bubble up”) and/or Old High German wemōn (“to sway, fluctuate”), all ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *wīpaną (“to wrap, wind”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ̃.baʁd/

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Noun

guimbarde f (plural guimbardes)

1. (music) Jew's harp
2. (colloquial) banger (UK), old car

   la vieille guimbarde de l'inspecteur Colombo

Synonyms

• campurgne

Descendants

• → Catalan: guimbarda
• → English: guimbarde
• → Spanish: guimbarda

Further reading

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