gaupe

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gauppe (“a loose woman”), from Old French *gaupe,*gualpe, of Germanic origin; cognate with Alemannic German Buschwalpe (“loose woman, procuress”), Bavarian Walpe (“foolish woman”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡop/

Noun

gaupe f (plural gaupes)

1. (archaic) trull, trollop

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa; compare with Faroese geypa (“lynx”) and Icelandic gaupa (“lynx”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæʉ.pɛ/, [ˈɡæʉ̯.pə]

Noun

gaupe f or m (definite singular gaupa or gaupen, indefinite plural gauper, definite plural gaupene)

1. lynx, wildcat; Lynx lynx

Derived terms

• rødgaupe

References

• “gaupe” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gaupa (pre-2012)
• gope, gøpe, gøp (dialectal)

Etymology

From Old Norse gaupa. Attested in several texts before 1800, e.g. as Goupe by Jacob Nicolai Wilse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ɡœʊːpə/

Noun

gaupe f (definite singular gaupa, indefinite plural gauper, definite plural gaupene)

1. a lynx, a wild cat of the genus Lynx
2. a Eurasian lynx, Lynx lynx
   • 1866, Aasmund Olavsson Vinje, “„Norsk Landmandsbog” for 1866 av A. Rosing”, in A. O. Vinjes Skrifter i Utval, volume 4, page 85:

     I England sjaa vi dette best, der den store Arbeidsflokken snart sagt aldri seer Kjøt paa Bordet sit, medan Stormannen eller Aristokraten eter seg mest ihel paa Kjøt. Og tidt stryker og Livet med. Det er Ørn og Falk og Gaupe o.s.v. i Dyresamfundet.

     In England we see this most clearly, where the large heap of workers almost never see meat on their table, whereas the big man or aristocrat almost eats himself too death on meat. And often it does claim their life. That is like the eagle and falcon and lynx, and so on, in animal society.

References

• “gaupe” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Verb

gaupe

1. to gape, to gasp for air