gamache

See also: Gamache

Danish

Etymology

From French gamache, from Spanish guademecí.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡamasjə/, [ɡ̊aˈmaɕə]

Noun

gamache c (singular definite gamachen, plural indefinite gamacher)

leggings
spat, gaiter

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Inflection

Declension of gamache

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gamache	gamachen	gamacher	gamacherne
genitive	gamaches	gamachens	gamachers	gamachernes

Synonyms

(leggings): leggings, (dated) gamachebukser pl

Further reading

gamache on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan gamacha, from Spanish guademecí, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ (ḡadāmisiyy, “related to the town of غَدَامِس (ḡadāmis) in Tripolitania”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡa.maʃ/

Noun

gamache f (plural gamaches) (archaic)

spat, gaiter, legging
Synonyms: houseau, guêtre

Descendants

→ Belarusian: гама́ш (hamáš)
→ Czech: gamaše f pl
→ Danish: gamache
→ German: Gamasche
→ Russian: гама́ша (gamáša)
- → Georgian: გამაში (gamaši)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: гама̀ша

Latin script: gamàša
→ Slovene: gamaša
→ Ukrainian: гама́ша (hamáša)

Further reading

“gamache”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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