gifle

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French gifle, from Old French giffe, *gifle, *gifre, from Old Dutch *kifel, from Frankish *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ʒifl/

Noun[edit]

gifle f (plural gifles)

(archaic) cheek
slap; slap in the face
Synonyms: soufflet, claque, talmouse, torgnole, baffe

Derived terms[edit]

bifle
gifler

Further reading[edit]

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

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