gouffre
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colpus, colfus, culfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). It is possible that French did not receive the word from the Latin intermediate but rather borrowed it directly from Greeks around the Mediterranean coast. Doublet of golfe.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gouffre m (plural gouffres)
References[edit]
gouffre on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Further reading[edit]
- “gouffre” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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