gaffe

• gaff

From French gaffe (“blunder”).

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• IPA^(key): /ɡæf/
• Rhymes: -æf

gaffe (plural gaffes)

1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public.

• (error, especially made in public): blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bozo eruption, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, lapse, mistake, slip, stumble, thinko
• See also Thesaurus:error

• malapropism
• Freudian slip
• Bushism

From Old Occitan gaf (“clasp”), from Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌰𐌷 (gafah, “clasp”), from 𐌲𐌰- (ga-) (intensifier) + 𐍆𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (fahan, “to catch”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡaf/

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gaffe f (plural gaffes)

1. gaffe, blunder, goof-up (North American), cock-up (British)

• faire gaffe

gaffe f (plural gaffes)

1. (nautical) boathook

• “gaffe” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

gaffe

1. First-person singular present of gaffen.
2. Imperative singular of gaffen.
3. First-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.
4. Third-person singular subjunctive I of gaffen.

gaffe f

1. plural of gaffa

gaffe f (invariable)

1. gaffe, blunder, boob