gibet

French

Etymology

Probably from Frankish *gibb (forked stick) (or from Latin gibbus (hunchbacked)).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.bɛ/
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Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

  1. (literary) gallows, gibbet
    Synonym: potence

References

  1. Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French gibet (gallows).

Noun

gibet (plural gibets)

  1. An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and/or public display; a gallows.
  2. An execution by means of noose and gallows; a hanging.

Descendants

  • English: gibbet

References

Norman

Etymology

Possibly of Frankish origins.

Noun

gibet m (plural gibets)

  1. (Jersey) gallows

Old French

Noun

gibet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gibez or gibetz, nominative singular gibez or gibetz, nominative plural gibet)

  1. gallows
    • usint come l'em fet del larcin en le col au laron ke l'em meine au gibet pur pendre

Descendants

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