gâtine

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gastine, from Old French gastine, guastine (“uncultivated land, deserted ground”), from Frankish *wōstini (“desert, wasteland”), from Proto-Germanic *wōstinī (“desert, waste, abandoned land”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-stos (“empty, wasted”). Influenced in form by gâter. Cognate with Middle High German wuostinne, wuosten (“a desert, waste”), Saterland Frisian Wüüste (“a desert, waste”), Old English wēsten (“a waste, wilderness, desert”). More at waste.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.tin/, /ɡɑ.tin/

Noun

gâtine f (plural gâtines)

1. wasteland; moor
2. (obsolete) marshy, waterproof and sterile ground

Related terms

• gâter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• gênait, gitane, tagine