guêtre

See also: guêtré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French guietres pl, from Old French guestes pl, from Frankish *wrist (“instep”). Compare Middle Dutch gewreste, German Rist, Icelandic rist (“instep; grate; grille”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛtʁ/

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Noun

guêtre f (plural guêtres)

1. gaiter
2. leggings

Synonyms

• houseau

Descendants

• → Alemannic German: Geete
• → English: gaiter
• → Italian: ghetta
  • → Romanian: gheată
• → Persian: گتر (getr)
• → Romanian: ghetră
• → Russian: ге́тра (gétra)
  • → Armenian: գետրի (getri)
• → Ukrainian: ге́тра (hétra)

Verb

guêtre

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

Further reading

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