gauche
English
/ɡəʊʃ/, /ɡoʊʃ/, /ɡaʊʃ/
adj
Definitions
- Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.
- (mathematics) Skewed, not plane.
- (chemistry) Describing a torsion angle of 60°.
Etymology
Borrowed from French gauche (left, awkward, clumsy) derived from Old French gaucher (trample, walk clumsily) derived from Frankish *walkan (trample, full) derived from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (roll, trample, walk, turn, full, roll up, toss).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*walkaną
Gloss
roll, trample, walk, turn, full, roll up, toss
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
歩
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Walkman English
- airwalk English
- beamwalk English
- birdwalk English
- boardwalk English
- bushwalk English
- bywalk English
- catwalk English
- crabwalk English
- crosswalk English
- duckwalk English
- ecowalk English
- fieldwalk English
- firewalk English
- footwalk English
- forwalk English
- gauchely English
- gaucheness English
- hotwalk English
- knucklewalk English
- microwalk English
- moonwalk English
- outwalk English
- overwalk English
- powerwalk English
- racewalk English
- rewalk English
- riverwalk English
- ropewalk English
- sheepwalk English
- sidewalk English
- skywalk English
- sleepwalk English
- sleptwalk English
- slutwalk English
- soundwalk English
- spacewalk English
- speedwalk English
- walk English
- walkable English
- walkalong English
- walkaround English
- walkathon English
- walkaway English
- walkboard English
- walker English
- walkest English
- walketh English
- walkie English
- walking English
- walkless English
- walkout English
- walkover English
- walkthrough English
- walkthru English
- walktrap English
- walkup English
- walkway English
- gauchard French
- gauche French
- gauchement French
- gaucher French
- gauchir French
- gauchisme French
- gauchiste French
- ultragauche French
- *walg- Proto-Indo-European
- *walkandz Proto-Germanic
- *walkaną Proto-Germanic
- *walką Proto-Germanic
- *walkōną Proto-Germanic
- *welk- Proto-Germanic
- wealcan Old English
- wealcian Old English
- walken Middle English
- walkien Middle English
- valka Old Norse
- valke Danish
- gaucher Old French
- gauchier Old French
- walchan Old High German
- walchen Middle High German
- *walkan Old Dutch
- valka Old Swedish
- *walkan Frankish
- walkee Chinese Pidgin English
- walk
- walkup
- bywalk
- walker
- rewalk
- walkie
- airwalk
- Walkman
- outwalk
- forwalk
- hotwalk
- walking
- catwalk
- skywalk
- walkout
- walkest
- ecowalk
- walkway
- walketh
- overwalk
- duckwalk
- moonwalk
- slutwalk
- walkthru
- birdwalk
- racewalk
- gauchely
- crabwalk
- walktrap
- firewalk
- ropewalk
- walkless
- walkable
- sidewalk
- walkaway
- bushwalk
- footwalk
- walkover
- beamwalk
- sleptwalk
- powerwalk
- microwalk
- boardwalk
- riverwalk
- crosswalk
- fieldwalk
- walkboard
- sleepwalk
- soundwalk
- sheepwalk
- walkalong
- speedwalk
- walkathon
- spacewalk
- walkaround
- gaucheness
- walkthrough
- knucklewalk