gobelet

French

Etymology

From Old French gobel, from Old Occitan gobel (“to swallow up”), from Gaulish *gobbos, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“muzzle, snout, beak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (“eat”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gobelet m (plural gobelets)

1. goblet, cup
2. beaker
3. tumbler

Derived terms

• gobeloter
• gobeleterie

Related terms

• gobelotage

Further reading

• gobelet on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
• “gobelet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Noun

gobelet m (plural gobelets)

1. goblet