gifle
See also: giflé
French
Etymology
From Middle French gifle, from Old French giffe, *gifle, *gifre, from Old Dutch *kifel, from Frankish *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒifl/
Noun
gifle f (plural gifles)
- (archaic) cheek
- slap; slap in the face
- Synonyms: soufflet, claque, talmouse, torgnole, baffe
Derived terms
- bifle
- gifler
Further reading
- “gifle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.