gaufre

See also: gaufré

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Frankish *wafel, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German waba, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *webaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”).

Compare English waffle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡofʁ/

• gaufre:

  (file)

Noun

gaufre f (plural gaufres)

1. honeycomb
2. waffle (flat pastry)

Derived terms

• gaufrette
• moule à gaufres

Verb

gaufre

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaufrer
2. third-person singular present indicative of gaufrer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gaufrer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gaufrer
5. second-person singular imperative of gaufrer

Further reading

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