escoffier

== French == === Alternative forms === escofier (Ardennais) === Etymology === From Provençal escoufia, possibly ultimately from Late Latin cofia (with the meaning of decapitating), which is a Germanic borrowing; see coif. === Pronunciation === === Verb === escoffier (archaic) to kill ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “escoffier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012