galimafrée

French

Etymology

From Old French calimafree (“stew of various kinds of meats”); further etymology uncertain, but possibly from a combination of Old French galer (“to have fun, to enjoy oneself”) and Old Northern French (Picard) mafrer (“to eat gluttonously”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.li.ma.fʁe/

Noun

galimafrée f (plural galimafrées)

  1. (archaic) gallimaufry

Further reading

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