gâcher

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French gascher (“to waste, ruin; row (with oars)”), from Old French gaschier, gacher, gasser (“to soil, spoil, waste”) and Old French gaschier, guaschier, waschier (“to wash, soak”), both from Old Dutch *wascon, *wascan (“to wash, bathe”), from Frankish *waskan (“to wash”), from Proto-Germanic *waskaną (“to wash”), from Proto-Indo-European *wod- (“wet”). Compare related Italian guazzare (“to splash, wallow”), from the same Germanic root. Cognate with Old English wasċan (“to wash”). More at wash. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.ʃe/ ~ /ɡɑ.ʃe/ === Verb === gâcher to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste to mess up, botch, bungle ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “gâcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === charge, chargé