guinguette
/ɡæŋˈɡɛt/
guinguette noun: a sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris.
Noun
guinguette (plural guinguettes)
- A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris
- Our walks, tete-a-tete, on the outside of the city, where I magnificently spent eight or ten sous in each guinguette.1903, Jean Jacques Rousseau, The Confessions of J. J. Rousseau, Book VIII.
- So again, a Tyrolese evening dance, though the costume, and the step, and the music may be different, is the same in feeling as that of the Parisian guinguette; but follow the Tyrolese into their temples, and their deep devotion and beautiful though superstitious reverence will be found very...1837, John Ruskin, The Poetry of Architecture
Forms of guinguette
| plural | guinguettes |
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Origin of guinguette
Borrowed from French guinguette.
Questions about guinguette
- What does guinguette mean?
- Guinguette means a sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris.
- What part of speech is guinguette?
- Guinguette is a noun.
- How do you pronounce guinguette?
- Guinguette is pronounced /ɡæŋˈɡɛt/.
- What is the plural of guinguette?
- The plural of guinguette is guinguettes.
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