gaffa

== English == === Noun === gaffa (plural gaffas) (UK, colloquial) Gaffer tape. == French == === Pronunciation === Homophones: gaffas, gaffât === Verb === gaffa third-person singular past historic of gaffer == Italian == === Etymology === From Middle French gaffe, from Old Occitan gaf (“hook”), derivative of gafar (“to seize”), either from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆- (gaf-), preterite stem of 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌰𐌽 (giban, “to give”) or from 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”), from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) (intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaf.fa/ Rhymes: -affa Hyphenation: gàf‧fa === Noun === gaffa f (plural gaffe) (nautical) gaff (hooked pole) == Maltese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sicilian gaffa. Sense 3 is from Italian gaffa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡaf.fa/ Rhymes: -affa === Noun === gaffa f (plural gafef) (nautical) palm (of a fluke) bulldozer faux pas, gaffe (figuratively) someone who always has the best cards (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?) (figuratively) glutton (one who eats voraciously) Synonym: wikkiel