gaufre

• IPA^(key): /ɡofʁ/

• gaufre

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From Old French walfre, from Frankish *wafel or Middle Dutch wafel, from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ, *wēbilō, possibly related to Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”). Compare English waffle.

gaufre f (plural gaufres)

1. honeycomb
2. waffle (flat pastry)

• gaufrette
• moule à gaufres

• → English: gauffre, >? gopher

From Louisiana or Canadian French, from sense 1 (“honeycomb”), said to be reference to their burrows.

• gauphre

gaufre m (plural gaufres)

1. gopher

   Synonym: géomys

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

gaufre

1. inflection of gaufrer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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