baffe

See also: baffé, and Baffè

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baf/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -af

Noun

baffe f (plural baffes)

1. (colloquial) smack; hit (on the head)

Verb

baffe

1. inflection of baffer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “baffe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Noun

baffe oblique singular, f (oblique plural baffes, nominative singular baffe, nominative plural baffes)

1. smack; slap (strike with the hand)

Descendants

• English: baff
• French: baffe

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (baffe)