gibet
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) (or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gibet m (plural gibets)
References[edit]
- ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520
Further reading[edit]
- “gibet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French gibet (“gallows”).
Noun[edit]
gibet (plural gibets)
- An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and/or public display; a gallows.
- An execution by means of noose and gallows; a hanging.
Descendants[edit]
- English: gibbet
References[edit]
- “ǧibē̆t(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly of Frankish origins.
Noun[edit]
gibet m (plural gibets)
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
gibet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gibez or gibetz, nominative singular gibez or gibetz, nominative plural gibet)
- gallows
- usint come l'em fet del larcin en le col au laron ke l'em meine au gibet pur pendre
Descendants[edit]
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