Feminine

gifle

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (archaic, feminine) cheek
  2. (feminine) slap; slap in the face

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʒifl/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Middle French gifle, from Old French giffe, *gifle, *gifre, from Old Dutch *kifel, from Frankish *kebr, from Proto-Germanic *kebrą.

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