très gauche

adjective

unbecoming

OriginFrench très gauche →
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Meanings

adjectivetrès gauche (comparative more très gauche, superlative most très gauche)

comparative more très gauche · superlative most très gauche

  1. humorousunbecoming

    Bringing a bottle of wine to give to your party's host at an elegant restaurant would be très gauche.

    2011, Jodi R.R. Smith, The Etiquette Book: A Complete Guide to Modern Manners

Origin

  1. Frenchtrès gauche“very awkward”
  2. Englishtrès gauche

From French très gauche (“very awkward”).

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APA

très gauche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tr%C3%A8s%20gauche

MLA

“très gauche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tr%C3%A8s%20gauche. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “très gauche,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tr%C3%A8s%20gauche.

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