C2adjective · rare

gauche

gauche · more gauche · most gauche

неуклюжий, неумелый

unbeholfen, linkisch, plump

Awkward or lacking in social gracesAwkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.

UK/ɡəʊʃ/US/ɡoʊʃ/

» I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.

Meaning

3 senses

Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling; apt to make gaffes.
unbeholfen, linkisch, plump
неуклю́жийneukljúžij, неуме́лыйneumélyj
lacking social polish
(not comparable)Having a torsion angle of 60°.
(archaic)Skewed, not plane.

Examples

2 sentences

I am so gauche with these wretched baubles.
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Tom is so naive that his gauche manners can hardly offend anyone.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 1

awkward, bumbling:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

awkward, bumbling:

Origin

Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old Fr

Borrowed from French gauche (“left, awkward”), from gauchir (“to veer, turn”), from Old French gaucher (“to trample, walk clumsily”), from Frankish *walkan (“to full, trample”), from Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to full, roll up”). Akin to Old High German walchan (“to knead”), Old English wealcian (“to roll up, curl”) and English walk, Old Norse valka (“to drag about”). More at walk.

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