guimbarde
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
guimbarde (plural guimbardes)
- A Jew's harp.
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
guimbarde f (plural guimbardes)
- (music) Jew's harp
- (colloquial) banger (UK), old car
- la vieille guimbarde de l'inspecteur Colombo
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References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “guimbarde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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