Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

très gauche

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: tres -gauche
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Humorous

Example Sentences

"Bringing a bottle of wine to give to your party's host at an elegant restaurant would be très gauche."

Etymology

From French très gauche (“very awkward”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: très gauche

Usage

Humorous

Inflected Forms

more très gauche (comparative) most très gauche (superlative)

Questions

What does très gauche mean?: unbecoming
Where does très gauche come from?: It is traced to French.

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