guérite
See also: guerite
French
Etymology
Old French garite, guarite, probably ultimately from guarir (“protect”). Compare Spanish garita.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡe.ʁit/
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Noun
guérite f (plural guérites)
- (military) sentry-box
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, Mes Amis:
- Le gardien ferma soigneusement la porte de sa guérite – je n’en vis guère l’utilité – et, avant de partir, se mettant dans la peau d’un étranger, il essaya de l’ouvrir
- The guard carefully closed the door to his sentry-box - I failed to see the point of it - and, before leaving, pretending to be a stranger, he tried to open it.
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- worker's hut
Further reading
- “guérite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.