gâté

See also: gate, Gate, GATE, gâte, gatë, gåte, gatě, and -gate

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.te/ ~ /ɡɑ.te/

Adjective

gâté (feminine gâtée, masculine plural gâtés, feminine plural gâtées)

  1. (usually of a child) spoiled; excessively pampered
  2. (of food) spoiled
  3. (figuratively) damaged to the point of being unusable

Participle

gâté (feminine gâtée, masculine plural gâtés, feminine plural gâtées)

  1. past participle of gâter

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

From Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil. Cognate with French gâteau.

Noun

gâté m (plural gâtchieaux)

  1. (Jersey) fancy-cake