guitoune

French

Etymology

From Moroccan Arabic قِيطُون‎ (qīṭūn, “tent”), from Arabic قَطَنَ‎ (qaṭana, “to dwell”), cognate with قُطْن‎ (quṭn, “cotton”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.tun/

Noun

guitoune f (plural guitounes)

(military, colloquial) tent
(military slang) dugout (in trench)

Synonyms

(dugout): cagna

Further reading

“guitoune” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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