gamache

See also: Gamache

Danish

Etymology

From French gamache, from Spanish guademecí.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡamasjə/, [ɡ̊aˈmaɕə]

Noun

gamache c (singular definite gamachen, plural indefinite gamacher)

  1. leggings
  2. spat, gaiter

Usage notes

Mostly used in plural.

Inflection

Declension of gamache
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gamache gamachen gamacher gamacherne
genitive gamaches gamachens gamachers gamachernes

Synonyms

  • (leggings): leggings, (dated) gamachebukser pl

Further reading

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Occitan gamacha, from Spanish guademecí, from Arabic غَدَامِسِيّ (ḡadāmisiyy, related to the town of غَدَامِس (ḡadāmis) in Tripolitania).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.maʃ/

Noun

gamache f (plural gamaches) (archaic)

  1. spat, gaiter, legging
    Synonyms: houseau, guêtre

Descendants

  • Belarusian: гама́ш (hamáš)
  • Czech: gamaše f pl
  • Danish: gamache
  • German: Gamasche
  • Russian: гама́ша (gamáša)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: гама̀ша
    Latin script: gamàša
  • Slovene: gamaša
  • Ukrainian: гама́ша (hamáša)

Further reading