gîte
See also: gite, gité, and gîté
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French gîte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒiːt/ (or as French, below)
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
gîte (plural gîtes)
- A French holiday home, or a rented tourist cottage.
Anagrams
- tige
French
Alternative forms
- gite (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
From Old French giste, past participle of gesir, modern French gésir (“to lie, to be located”). Compare regional jas (“sheepfold”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒit/
audio (file)
Noun
gîte m (plural gîtes)
- shelter; lodging
- gîte (self-catering holiday home)
- beef shin
Derived terms
- gîte touristique
Noun
gîte f (plural gîtes)
- (nautical) list (inclination of a ship)
Verb
gîte
- inflection of gîter:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “gîte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- tige