gibet

== French == === Etymology === Probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) (or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒi.bɛ/ === Noun === gibet m (plural gibets) (literary) gallows, gibbet Synonym: potence === References === === Further reading === “gibet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gibete, gibbet, gibat, gibite, gebete, gebat, jebat, jebet, jebbet, jubet, jubeit === Etymology === From Old French gibet (“gallows”). === Noun === gibet (plural gibets) An upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and/or public display; a gallows. An execution by means of noose and gallows; a hanging. ==== Descendants ==== English: gibbet === References === “ǧibē̆t(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018. == Middle High German == === Alternative forms === gīt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡibət/ === Verb === gibet third-person singular present indicative of gëben == Norman == === Etymology === Possibly of Frankish origins. === Noun === gibet m (plural gibets) (Jersey) gallows == Old French == === Noun === gibet oblique singular, m (oblique plural gibez or gibetz, nominative singular gibez or gibetz, nominative plural gibet) gallows usint come l'em fet del larcin en le col au laron ke l'em meine au gibet pur pendre ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: gibet, gibete, gibbet, gibat, gibite, gebete, gebat, jebat, jebet, jebbet, jubet, jubeitEnglish: gibbet French: gibet