gaze
/ɡaz/masculine
The French word for gauze is gaze.
The term refers to the cotton fabric used as a surgical dressing.
Meaning: cotton fabric used as surgical dressing (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
The word gaze is a masculine noun.
How do you pronounce it?
/ɡaz/
Did you know?
- The word gaze is a homophone of the French word gaz, meaning 'gas'.
- The word gaze was borrowed from the Arabic word qazz, which originally meant 'silk'.
- In historical French textiles, gaze de soie was a luxury product highly prized for its lightness, long before the word became synonymous with sterile cotton.
Examples in context
- Si vous avez une plaie, assurez-vous de la nettoyer et de la recouvrir de gaze.If you have a wound, make sure to clean it and cover it with some gauze.
- Bonjour, je voudrais de la gaze, s'il vous plaît.Hello, I would like some gauze, please.
- Bien sûr, voici de la gaze stérile.Certainly, here is some sterile gauze.
- Oui, j'ai du tulle dans ma trousse de premiers soins.Yes, I have some gauze in my first aid kit.
Example conversation
Chloé is helping Hugo with a small cut on his finger.
- ChloéHugo, regarde ton doigt, ça saigne encore.Hugo, look at your finger, it is still bleeding.
- HugoEst-ce qu'on a un pansement ?Do we have a bandage?
- ChloéNon, mais j'ai de la gaze dans la trousse.No, but I have some gauze in the kit.
- HugoD'accord, utilise ça pour arrêter le sang.Okay, use that to stop the bleeding.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “gauze” translations and entries gaze, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries gaze, CC BY-SA 4.0.
