gobelet

French

Etymology

From Old French gobel, from Old Occitan gobel (“to swallow up”), from Gaulish *gobbos, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“muzzle, snout, beak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (“eat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡɔ.blɛ/
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Noun

gobelet m (plural gobelets)

  1. goblet, cup
  2. beaker
  3. tumbler

Derived terms
  • gobeloter
  • gobeleterie
  • gobelotage

Further reading

Middle French

Noun

gobelet m (plural gobelets)

  1. goblet

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gobelet.

Noun

gobelet n (plural gobeleturi)

  1. goblet, cup

Declension
Declension of gobelet
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) gobelet gobeletul (niște) gobeleturi gobeleturile
genitive/dative (unui) gobelet gobeletului (unor) gobeleturi gobeleturilor
vocative gobeletule gobeleturilor

References
  • gobelet in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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