French word

gibier

Pronunciation

IPA/ʒibje/

Meaning

  • masculine noungame

Example

J'ai mangé du gibier hier soir.

I ate game last night.

Illustration for gibier (game)

More examples

Le marché propose du gibier en automne.

The market offers game in the fall.

Core concept

Wild animals taken in a hunt, viewed either alive as game or as meat on a plate.

Similar words

viande: Animal flesh intended for eating.

Definition in French

Viande provenant d'animaux sauvages chassés et consommés, ou, par extension, ces animaux eux-mêmes désignés comme gibier.

Word origin

French gibier comes from Old French gibier, a word for hunted game that later covered both the animals and their meat.

Usage tips

  • Gibier is masculine, and its usual meat sense is uncountable, so French commonly uses le gibier or du gibier rather than a plural form.

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