gavatx
Catalan
Etymology
From a pre-Roman Indo-European root *gaba also found in Gaulish *gauta (“cheek”). Related to French gavache (“coward”), Spanish gabacho (“Pyrenean”)
Noun
gavatx m (plural gavatxos)
- crop (part of the alimentary track of birds)
- Synonym: pap
gavatx m (plural gavatxos, feminine gavatxa)
- (slang) native of Occitania
- (derogatory) Frenchman, Frenchie, Frog
- (dialectal) foreigner
Further reading
- “gavatx” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.