guitoune

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْطُون (qayṭūn, “tent”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡi.tun/

Noun

guitoune f (plural guitounes)

(military, colloquial) tent
(military slang) dugout (in trench)
Synonym: cagna

Further reading

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

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