gifle

See also: giflé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gifle, from Old French giffe, *gifle, *gifre, from Old Dutch *kifel, from Frankish *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʒifl/

Noun

gifle f (plural gifles)

(archaic) cheek
slap; slap in the face
Synonyms: soufflet, claque, talmouse, torgnole, baffe

Derived terms

bifle
gifler

Further reading

“gifle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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