guetter.
to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait
Meaning & usage
to watch (intently), to watch for, to lie in wait
Le chat guette la souris.
Des gendarmes le guettent.
to await in order to seize
guetter une occasion
to menace, to loom (to appear in a threatening form)
La mort le guette.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Old French gaitier, guaitier, from Frankish *wahtōn, *wahtjan (“to watch, guard”), derivative of *wahta (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Germanic *wahtwō (“guard, watch”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be fresh, cheerful, awake”). Compare English wait, ultimately from the same origin through an Anglo-Norman/Old Northern French variant.
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