guitoune

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَيْطُون (qayṭūn, “tent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡi.tun/

Noun

guitoune f (plural guitounes)

1. (military, colloquial) tent
2. (military slang) dugout (in trench)

   Synonym: cagna

Further reading

• “guitoune”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.