fessée

French

Etymology

From past participle of fesser (to spank), originally "to strike"; the verb was influenced in both form and sense by the unrelated fesse (buttock).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛ.se/, /fe.se/

Noun

fessée f (plural fessées)

  1. spanking
  2. female equivalent of fessé (spankee)

References

  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
  • H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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