gobe-mouche
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French gobe-mouche. See gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).
Noun[edit]
gobe-mouche (plural gobe-mouches)
French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gober (“to swallow whole”) and mouche (“fly”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gobe-mouche m (plural gobe-mouches)
- flycatcher
- a naive, gullible person
Further reading[edit]
- “gobe-mouche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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