gouffre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French gofre, with metathesis from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, culfus, variants of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡufʁ/
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Rhymes: -ufʁ

Noun

gouffre m (plural gouffres)

pit or shaft cave, pothole
Synonym: aven
chasm
Synonym: abîme
money pit, drain on finances

Derived terms

au bord du gouffre

References

gouffre on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Further reading

“gouffre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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