ganivet

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Meaning

knife

Frequency

B1
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ɡə.niˈβɛt]
Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan canivet (compare Old French cnivet, canivet), originally with diminutive meaning. Itself from Frankish *knīf, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”).

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