fessée

French

Etymology

From past participle of fesser (“to spank”), originally "to strike"; the verb was influenced in both form and sense by the unrelated fesse (“buttock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛ.se/, /fe.se/

Noun

fessée f (plural fessées)

1. spanking
2. female equivalent of fessé (“spankee”)

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Further reading

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