gibet
French
Etymology
Probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) (or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”) [1]).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.bɛ/
Noun
gibet m (plural gibets)
Synonyms
References
- ↑ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520
Further reading
- “gibet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French gibet (“gallows”).
Noun
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
- English: gibbet
References
- “ǧibē̆t(e (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Norman
Etymology
Of Frankish origins.
Noun
gibet m (plural gibets)
Old French
Noun
gibet 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
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