gâche

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Norman gâche. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɒʃ/ Rhymes: -ɒʃ Homophone: gosh === Noun === gâche (countable and uncountable, plural gâches) (Guernsey) A type of traditional fruitcake. (Often as Guernsey gâche.) === Anagrams === geach == French == === Etymology 1 === From Middle French gache (“a mason's tool for mixing, spatula, trowel”), from Old French gaiche (“oar, rowing”), derivative of gaschier (“to wash, soak”), from Old Frankish *waskan, *wascōn (“to wash, bathe”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”). More at gâcher, wash. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɡaʃ/ ~ /ɡɑʃ/ ==== Noun ==== gâche f (plural gâches) oar trowel === Etymology 2 === From Middle French gache, from Old French gaiche, gasche (“spike”), from Old Frankish *gaspia (“buckle, loop”) for *gapsia, *gaupsia, probably allied to Proto-Germanic *gaupaz (“crooked, bent apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *gheub-, *gheubh- (“to bend, bend over, move”). Cognate with Dutch gesp, gespe (“buckle, clasp, loop, hook”), Low German gaspe, gespe, göspe (“loop, hook”), Old English gēap (“bent, crooked, curved, open, wide, extensive”). More at gap, gape, gaff. ==== Noun ==== gâche f (plural gâches) (mechanical, of a door) keeper, strike === Etymology 3 === Inflected forms. ==== Verb ==== gâche inflection of gâcher: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === Etymology 4 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) ==== Noun ==== gâche f (plural gâches) (regional, Vendée) A type of local brioche flavoured with orange. (regional, Normandy, Brittany) A type of flat, rounded local bread === Further reading === “gâche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === === Noun === gâche f (plural gâches) (Jersey, Guernsey) cake (Guernsey) gâche ==== Derived terms ==== == Poitevin-Saintongeais == === Noun === gâche a variant of the galette pastry === References === Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Part 200.