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gaffe

/ɡaf/

noun, feminine/ɡaf/plural: gaffes

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

Synonyms: faux pas, couac

Related: faire gaffe

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

noun, feminine/ɡaf/plural: gaffes

boathook

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

gaffe — French Dictionary | Passage