guichet

From Old French, a diminutive of Old Norse vík (“bay”). Compare English wicket, ultimately from the same source through Old Northern French and/or Anglo-Norman.

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.ʃɛ/

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guichet m (plural guichets)

1. (archaic) (small) door, gate (in wall, fort etc.); wicket
2. hatch, grill (in cell etc.)
3. ticket office, box office
4. counter (at post office, bank etc.)

• guichetier
• guichet automatique bancaire

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

guichet m (oblique plural guichez or guichetz, nominative singular guichez or guichetz, nominative plural guichet)

1. small door