gaupe
French
Etymology
From Middle French gauppe (“a loose woman”), from Old French *gaupe,*gualpe, of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. origin; cognate with Alemannic German Buschwalpe (“loose woman, procuress”), Bavarian Walpe (“foolish woman”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gaupe f (plural gaupes)
Further reading
- “gaupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse gaupa; compare with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Icelandic gaupa (“lynx”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gaupe f or m (definite singular gaupa or gaupen, indefinite plural gauper, definite plural gaupene)
Derived terms
References
- “gaupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gaupe f (definite singular gaupa, indefinite plural gauper, definite plural gaupene)
- a lynx, a wild cat of the genus Lynx
- a Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx
- 1866, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "'Norsk Landmandsbog for 1866' av A. Rosing":
- I England sjaa vi dette best, der den store Arbeidsflokken snart sagt aldri seer Kjøt paa Bordet sit, medan Stormannen eller Aristokraten eter seg mest ihel paa Kjøt. Og tidt stryker og Livet med. Det er Ørn og Falk og Gaupe o.s.v. i Dyresamfundet.
- In England we see this most clearly, where the large heap of workers almost never see meat on their table, whereas the big man or aristocrat almost eats himself too death on meat. And often it does claim their life. That is like the eagle and falcon and lynx, and so on, in animal society.
- I England sjaa vi dette best, der den store Arbeidsflokken snart sagt aldri seer Kjøt paa Bordet sit, medan Stormannen eller Aristokraten eter seg mest ihel paa Kjøt. Og tidt stryker og Livet med. Det er Ørn og Falk og Gaupe o.s.v. i Dyresamfundet.
- 1866, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, "'Norsk Landmandsbog for 1866' av A. Rosing":
References
- “gaupe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Plautdietsch
Verb
gaupe
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