Word origins

• garbureA thick French stew of ham with cabbage and other vegetables and usually cheese and stale bread.
• garçonA male waiter (especially at a French restaurant).
• garçonnièreA bachelor pad.
• gardebrasA piece of armor which protects the arm.
• garde-colletSynonym of passguard, neck guard (plate on shoulder-armor to protect neck)
• garde de reinAn item of armor which hangs down from the backplate to protect the kidneys and buttocks.
• garde-faudeA tuille, a plate appended to a tasset to protect the thigh.
• gardevinA large bottle or jug for holding wine.
• GardinierA surname from French.
• gardylooA cry used to warn passersby that a vessel of wastewater is about to be emptied into the street.
• gargouilladeA complex balletic step, defined differently for different schools but generally involving a double rond de jambe
• gargouletteA water-cooler or jug with a handle and spout; a gurglet.
• GaskeyA surname from French.
• gasometerAn apparatus used to store or measure gas or the flow of gas, particularly in a laboratory setting.
• gaspereauAn alewife (type of fish).
• Gaspésie–Îles-de-la-MadeleineAn administrative region and House of Commons constituency in Quebec, Canada.
• gastriqueA syrupy reduction of vinegar (or wine) and sugar
• gattineA disease of silkworms, caused by parasitic fungi.
• GauchardA surname from French.
• gauche caviarA person or people claiming to be socialist but living a luxurious lifestyle that is inconsistent with such beliefs, implying hypocrisy or a lack of commitment.
• gaucherieA socially tactless or awkward act.
• gaufferTo plait, crimp, or flute
• gaufreA waffle (flat pastry).
• gaufretteA kind of waffle.
• GaugainA surname from French.
• GaullismA French political ideology based on Charles de Gaulle's thoughts and actions.
• GaumondA surname from French.
• GayanA village in Hautes-Pyrénées department, France.
• gayelleAn informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting.
• Gay-LussacA surname from French.
• GbêkêA region of Ivory Coast.
• GeffreA surname from French.
• gégèneA form of electroshock torture, especially as used by the French during the Algerian War of 1954-1962, whereby electrodes are run from a field generator to parts of a victim's body.
• geishThe perineum.
• GelineauA surname from French.
• gelinotteThe hazel grouse.
• gemmuleSynonym of gemma (“an asexual reproductive structure, as found in animals such as hydra (genus Hydra) and plants such as liverworts (division Marchantiophyta), consisting of a cluster of cells from which a new individual can develop”)
• -genA producer of something, or an agent in the production of something.
• -genedescribes something which is formed in a certain way or produces something
• GenerouxA surname from French
• genianOf or pertaining to the chin.
• -genicForms adjectives relating to things producing or generating something.
• genitingA variety of apple that ripens very early
• genocidaireOne who was involved in committing (perpetrating) the Rwandan Genocide.
• genouillèreA metal plate used as armour for the knee.
• GensonA surname from French.
• gentilhommeA French gentleman.
• gentisingentianin
• gentyneat; trim
• GeorgienneA female given name from French.
• gerantThe manager or acting partner of a company, publication etc.
• gerbilleDated spelling of gerbil.
• Gerlache IslandAn island of the Rosenthal Islands, Antarctica.
• Gerlache StraitA strait in Antarctica.
• germanderA Mediterranean herb, of species Teucrium chamaedrys, historically grown for medicinal use but now mostly as an ornamental miniature hedge in herb gardens.
• geste antagonisteA gesture or position serving to interrupt dystonic symptoms.
• get someone's goatTo annoy or infuriate someone.
• GévaudanA former county and historical area in southern France succeeded by the department of Lozère.
• ghassoulA kind of saponifying vulcanic clay used for hair and skin care.
• gibbierwildfowl; game
• gicléethe use of inkjet printing to manufacture artistic prints
• GIGNthe National Gendarmerie Intervention Group of France (French: Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale)
• GilboA surname from French.
• gilet jauneA yellow vest, a member of a French protest movement which started in 2018.
• gillotageA form of zincography.
• gillyflowerClove pink.
• GimbertA surname from French.
• GinnetteA female given name from French.
• GionetA surname from French.
• gipserA kind of pouch worn at the girdle.
• girandoleAn ornamental branched candle holder, sometimes with a mirror behind.
• GiroirA surname from French.
• girollechanterelle (mushroom)
• GirondistA member of a moderate political faction in France during the French Revolution.
• girouettismThe practice of frequently altering one's views and opinions to follow current trends.
• GiroulxA surname from French
• girrock|(archaic) A garfish.
• GisclairA surname from French.
• gîteA French holiday home or rented tourist cottage.
• glacéhaving a glossy surface
• Glace BayA harbour in Glace Bay, Cape Breton Regional Municipality, Glace Bay district, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• glaciousCharacteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.
• glacisA gentle incline.
• GladuA surname from French.
• GladueA surname from French.
• glissadeA sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps.
• glissetteThe locus described by any point attached to a curve that moves continuously along another fixed curve, the movable curve having no rotation at any instant.
• glorietteA pavilion or similar structure in an elevated position in parkland.
• Glorious ThirtyA thirty-year period of economic growth in France between 1945 and 1975, following the end of World War II.
• glottophagyThe absorption or replacement of minor languages or dialects by major ones.
• glottophobialinguistic xenophobia, linguicism; discrimination against people based on their native language or dialect.
• GlouchevitchA surname from French [in turn from Serbo-Croatian].
• glumellelodicule
• glutinSynonym of gliadin.
• glyptographicRelating to glyptography, the art of engraving on precious stones.
• glyptothecaA room or building devoted to displaying works of sculpture.
• glyptothequeA museum or similar exhibition of statues and sculptures.
• GnawaAny member of an ethnic group and Sufi religious order in Morocco.
• gnomicOf, or relating to gnomes (sententious sayings).
• gnomideA female gnome