"gaffe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡæf/ Audio: en-us-gaffe.ogg Forms: gaffes [plural]
Rhymes: -æf Etymology: From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gaffe||blunder}} French gaffe (“blunder”), {{doublet|en|gaff}} Doublet of gaff Head templates: {{en-noun}} gaffe (plural gaffes)
  1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public. Synonyms: blooper, blunder, mistake, error, slip, slip-up, error, gaff Derived forms: Kinsley gaffe Related terms: malapropism, Freudian slip, Bushism Translations (a foolish error, especially one made in public): fazienn [feminine] (Breton), fallvarch [masculine] (Breton), гаф (gaf) [masculine] (Bulgarian), грешка (greška) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 過失 (Chinese Mandarin), 过失 (guòshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 出醜 (Chinese Mandarin), 出丑 (chūchǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), blbost [feminine] (Czech), kravina [feminine] (Czech), bota [feminine] (Czech), fejltagelse (Danish), blunder [masculine] (Dutch), uitschuiver [masculine] (Dutch), flater [masculine] (Dutch), gaffe [feminine] (Dutch), misstap [masculine] (Dutch), möhläys (Finnish), munaus (Finnish), moka (Finnish), gaffe [feminine] (French), faux pas [masculine] (French), bévue (French), esquenza [feminine] (Galician), disquenza [feminine] (Galician), cabuco [masculine] (Galician), pifia [feminine] (Galician), falenza [feminine] (Galician), Fauxpas [masculine] (German), Ausrutscher [masculine] (German), Patzer [masculine] (German), γκάφα (gkáfa) [feminine] (Greek), פַשְלָה (fáshla) [feminine] (Hebrew), ügyetlenség (Hungarian), ballépés (Hungarian), sproposito [masculine] (Italian), figuraccia [feminine] (Italian), errore [masculine] (Italian), topica [feminine] (Italian), gaffe [feminine] (Italian), 失策 (shissaku) (alt: しっさく) (Japanese), гаф (gaf) [masculine] (Macedonian), гре́шка (gréška) [feminine] (Macedonian), brøler [masculine] (Norwegian), gafa [feminine] (Polish), gafe (Portuguese), gafă [feminine] (Romanian), опло́шность (oplóšnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), про́мах (prómax) [masculine] (Russian), оши́бка (ošíbka) [feminine] (Russian), конфуз (konfuz) [dated, masculine] (Russian), metida de pata [Latin-America, feminine] (Spanish), metedura de pata [Spain, feminine] (Spanish), desliz [masculine] (Spanish), pifia [feminine] (Spanish), cagada [feminine, vulgar] (Spanish), gazapo [masculine] (Spanish), tabbe [common-gender] (Swedish), blunder [common-gender] (Swedish), fadäs [common-gender] (Swedish), gaf (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "French gaffe (“blunder”)",
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hebrew translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations"
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      "code": "br",
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      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
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      "word": "fazienn"
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      ],
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      "word": "過失"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "出醜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chūchǒu",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "出丑"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "blbost"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kravina"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bota"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "fejltagelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "blunder"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uitschuiver"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "flater"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "misstap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "möhläys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "munaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "moka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "faux pas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "bévue"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esquenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "disquenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabuco"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pifia"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "falenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Fauxpas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Ausrutscher"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Patzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gkáfa",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "γκάφα"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "fáshla",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "פַשְלָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "ügyetlenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "ballépés"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sproposito"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "figuraccia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "errore"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "topica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gaffe"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しっさく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shissaku",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "失策"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gaf",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гаф"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gréška",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гре́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brøler"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gafa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "gafe"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gafă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "oplóšnostʹ",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "опло́шность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prómax",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "про́мах"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ošíbka",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "оши́бка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "konfuz",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "конфуз"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "Latin-America",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metida de pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "Spain",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "metedura de pata"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desliz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pifia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "vulgar"
      ],
      "word": "cagada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gazapo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "tabbe"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blunder"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fadäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "a foolish error, especially one made in public",
      "word": "gaf"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gaffe"
}

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error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"desliz\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\"], \"word\": \"pifia\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"feminine\", \"vulgar\"], \"word\": \"cagada\"}, {\"code\": \"es\", \"lang\": \"Spanish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"masculine\"], \"word\": \"gazapo\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"common-gender\"], \"word\": \"tabbe\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"common-gender\"], \"word\": \"blunder\"}, {\"code\": \"sv\", \"lang\": \"Swedish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"tags\": [\"common-gender\"], \"word\": \"fadäs\"}, {\"code\": \"tr\", \"lang\": \"Turkish\", \"sense\": \"a foolish error, especially one made in public\", \"word\": \"gaf\"}], \"word\": \"gaffe\"}",
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gaffe",
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