Dictionary

gaffe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ɡæf/

Etymology

From French gaffe (“blunder”). Doublet of gaff.

Meanings

1. A foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
   • make a gaffe

Forms

Deriveds

Kinsley gaffe

Relateds

Freudian slip · malapropism · Bushism · faux pas

Synonyms

oopsy · misstep · erroneity · boo-boo · blunder · blunder · slip-up · error · howler · solecism · break · misadventure · bloomer · lapse · cock-up · mistake · flub · stumble · error · faux pas · gaffe · boner · goof · disadventure · mistake · floater · aberration · fluff · blooper · thinko · fault · mess-up · slipup · wrength · fuckup · slip · slip · slip-up · blooper · screwup · lapsus · inaccuracy · clanger

Translations (61)

gl falenza (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ru опло́шность (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fr bévue (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es gazapo (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es metedura de pata (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · it gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · sv tabbe (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fi munaus (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ro gafă (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · pt gafe (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · nl uitschuiver (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cs faux pas (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cs kravina (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · bg гаф (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fi möhläys (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ja 失態 (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · de Fauxpas (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · no brøler (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cmn 出醜 /出丑 (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ru про́мах (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · pl gafa (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · gl cabuco (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · it topica (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ru конфуз (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · ru оши́бка (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · bg грешка (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · it figuraccia (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es pifia (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · br fallvarch (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · da fejltagelse (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es desliz (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · sv fadäs (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fi moka (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cs trapas (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · de Ausrutscher (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · el γκάφα (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · mk гре́шка (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · mk гаф (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · gl pifia (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · he פַשְלָה (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · nl flater (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es metida de pata (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · hu ügyetlenség (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · es cagada (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · br fazienn (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · nl misstap (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cs bota (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fr faux pas (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · fr gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · it errore (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · sv blunder (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · nl gaffe (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cmn 失態 /失态 (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · it sproposito (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · de Patzer (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · tr gaf (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · nl blunder (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · cs blbost (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · hu ballépés (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · gl disquenza (a foolish error, especially one made in public) · gl esquenza (a foolish error, especially one made in public)