gouffre
common noun
Syllable Decomposition
gouffrea collateral form of gulf, the Flemish, from the primitive golpe has made golpen, gulpen see gulp ("to swallow") in English. Further back, from the ancient Greek κόλπος kólpos (fold, hollow » hence "gulf, fold of the coast"), one can think that the French does not hold the word from the Latin colpus, colfus but from the Greeks of the Mediterranean coast.
Definitions
Synonym
Plural
gouffres
Translations
german:Abgrund
english:gulf
spanish:sima
greek:χάσμα
dutch:afgrond
portuguese:algar
russian:карстовая шахта
swedish:avgrund
turkish:uçurum
danish:afgrund
See also
engouffrement (cn.) engouffrer (v.)