gaufre
See also: gaufré
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡofʁ/
gaufre (file)
Etymology 1
From Old French walfre, from Frankish *wafel or Middle Dutch wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Compare English waffle.
Noun
gaufre f (plural gaufres)
- honeycomb
- waffle (flat pastry)
Derived terms
- gaufrette
- moule à gaufres
Descendants
- → English: gauffre, >? gopher,
Etymology 2
From Louisiana or Canadian French, from sense 1 (“honeycomb”), said to be reference to their burrows.
Alternative forms
- gauphre
Noun
gaufre m (plural gaufres)
- gopher
- Synonym: géomys
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
gaufre
- inflection of gaufrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “gaufre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.