gâté
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.te/ ~ /ɡɑ.te/
Adjective
gâté (feminine gâtée, masculine plural gâtés, feminine plural gâtées)
- (usually of a child) spoiled; excessively pampered
- (of food) spoiled
- (figuratively) damaged to the point of being unusable
Participle
gâté (feminine gâtée, masculine plural gâtés, feminine plural gâtées)
- past participle of gâter
Further reading
- “gâté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Norman
Etymology
From Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil. Cognate with French gâteau.
Noun
gâté m (plural gâtchieaux)