English

Noun

guet-apens

1. A trap.

French

Etymology

An alteration of Middle French d'agais apensés, corresponding to aguet ‎(“ambush”) + past participle of apenser ‎(“conceive of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛtapɑ̃/

Noun

guet-apens m ‎(plural guets-apens)

1. ambush
2. (figuratively) trap