fessée
French
Etymology
Not from fesse, but from fesser, itself from Old French faisse, from Latin fascia. However, the word is always felt as etymologically related to fesse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛ.se/, /fe.se/
Noun
fessée f (plural fessées)
- spanking
- female equivalent of fessé (“spankee”)
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
- H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Further reading
- “fessée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.