gaucherie

gau·che·rie  (gsh-r)

n.

1. An awkward or tactless act, manner, or expression.

2. A lack of tact; awkwardness.

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[French, from gauche, gauche; see gauche.]

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gaucherie [ˌgəʊʃəˈriː ˈgəʊʃərɪ (French) goʃri]

n

1. the quality of being gauche

2. a gauche act

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	gaucherie - the quality of being rustic or gauche rusticity gracelessness, clumsiness, awkwardness, stiffness - the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
	2.	gaucherie - a socially awkward or tactless act   faux pas, gaffe, slip, solecism blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake

Translations

gaucherie

n

= gaucheness

(= act) → Tölpelei f; (= remark) → ungeschickte Bemerkung