gibet
French
Etymology
Probably from Frankish *gibb (“forked stick”) (or from Latin gibbus (“hunchbacked”)).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒi.bɛ/
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Noun
gibet m (plural gibets)
References
- ^ Le Robert pour tous, Dictionnaire de la langue française, Janvier 2004, p. 520
Further reading
- “gibet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɡɪbət/
Verb
gibet
- third-person singular present indicative of gëben
Norman
Etymology
Possibly of Frankish origins.
Noun
gibet m (plural gibets)
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