"guet-apens" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡɛ.t‿a.pɑ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-guet-apens.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-guet-apens.wav [Switzerland] Forms: guets-apens [plural]
Etymology: An alteration of Middle French d'agais apensés, corresponding to aguet (“ambush”) + past participle of apenser (“conceive of”). Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|frm|d'agais apensés}} Middle French d'agais apensés, {{m|fr|aguet||ambush}} aguet (“ambush”), {{m|fr|apenser||conceive of}} apenser (“conceive of”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|guets-apens}} guet-apens m (plural guets-apens)
  1. ambush Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-guet-apens-fr-noun-gQEFDROE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 83 17
  2. (figuratively) trap Tags: figuratively, masculine Synonyms: traquenard
    Sense id: en-guet-apens-fr-noun-EbplhSJx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: guetter

Inflected forms

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