gaffe
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French gaffe (“blunder”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gaffe (plural gaffes)
- A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.
Synonyms
- (error, especially made in public): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
- See also Thesaurus:error
Translations
a foolish error, especially one made in public
See also
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”), from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) (intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”).
Pronunciation
Noun 1
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
Derived terms
Noun 2
gaffe f (plural gaffes)
Further reading
- “gaffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Verb
gaffe
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of gaffen.
- (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of gaffen.
- (deprecated template usage) First-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.
- (deprecated template usage) Third-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.
Italian
Noun
gaffe f
Noun
gaffe f (uncountable)
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