gouffre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French gofre, with metathesis from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, culfus, variants of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡufʁ/ Rhymes: -ufʁ === Noun === gouffre m (plural gouffres) pit or shaft cave, pothole Synonym: aven chasm Synonym: abîme money pit, drain on finances ==== Derived terms ==== au bord du gouffre === References === gouffre on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr === Further reading === “gouffre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012