gaufre.
honeycomb
Meaning & usage
honeycomb
waffle (flat pastry)
Where this word comes from
From Middle French gaufre, from Old French walfre, from Frankish *wāfilu, *wāfilā or Middle Dutch wafele, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Cognate with English waffle. Related also to German Wabe (“honeycomb”).
gopher
Where this word comes from
From Louisiana or Canadian French, from sense 1 (“honeycomb”), said to be a reference to their burrows.
inflection of gaufrer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
inflection of gaufrer: second-person singular imperative
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