fessée

French

Etymology

Not from fesse, but from fesser, itself from Old French faisse, from Latin fascia. However, the word is always felt as etymologically related to fesse.

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.