gibier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gibiez, with change of suffix, and that from Frankish *gabaiti (“to hunt with falcons”), from ga- + *bītan (“to bite”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒi.bje/
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Noun

gibier m (plural gibiers)

  1. game (wild animal hunted for food)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “giblets”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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