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noun, masculine

guichet

/ɡi.ʃɛ/

noun, masculine/ɡi.ʃɛ/plural: guichets

(small) door, gate (in wall, fort etc.); wicket; hatch, grill (in cell etc.); ticket office, box office, ticket booth; counter (at post office, bank etc.)

Inherited 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.