gite
noun
a furnished vacation home in France that is available for rental, especially in a rural setting.
gite
American
[zheet]
/ ʒit /
Or
gîte
noun
gîte
British
/ ʒiːt /
noun
Etymology
Origin of gite
First recorded in 1790–1800; from French gîte “lair, lodging,” from Old French giste, related to gésir “to reside, be situated”; see origin at gist ( def. )
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The gite owners said Alex, who they knew as Zach, was "part of our family".
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
While his mother did not live there, Alex "left several times" to join her, they said - adding that the last time he came back to the gite was early this summer.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2023
Accommodation during the race is in the local gite d’etape, a guesthouse for trekkers, or a cluster of tents in a bivouac.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 8, 2016
Ezra: Nay, not so gite; for I was handsome then.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
And he broke forth into a song of Pierre Dupont's:- "Savez-vous ou gite, Mai, ce joli mois?"
From New Arabian Nights by Robert Louis Stevenson
In the dense web of highland hamlets dotting Mafate you can spend the night in a gîte, or bed-and-breakfast, where a hot meal awaits and a warm bed, too.
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2019
Last summer, in the French Alps of Savoie, by the Italian border, I stayed somewhat accidentally in a gîte d’étape—a hostel-like guesthouse intended for hikers and bicyclists.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 20, 2016
I have kept it all, however, and I quote the following poem, which is rather nice: Passant, te voilà sans abri: La flamme a ravagé ton gîte.
From My Double Life The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt by Sarah Bernhardt
In Déroulède's fine little poem, "Bon gîte", a famished, foot-sore soldier returning home is generously entreated by a poor housewife.
From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Matilda Betham-Edwards
On the way to the gîte after the chalets and the wood are left behind, a little path leads along the rocks of the Mont de la Brenva high above the glacier.
From Running Water by A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley) Mason
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