From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Noun
[en-noun]
1. [en] Gaffer tape .
2. * {{ quote-text | en | year=2012 | author=Katherine Angel | title=Unmastered | page=250 | publisher=Penguin | year_published=2014
|passage=A body – a corpse – my own, I think – wrapped in tape, suspended in
GAFFA.}}
** French
*** Pronunciation
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr]
1. [fr]
** Italian
*** Etymology
From [it], from [it], derivative of [pro], either from [it], preterite stem of
[got] or from [got], from [got] (intensifier) + [got].
*** Pronunciation
[gàffa]
*** Noun
[f]
1. [it] gaff (hooked pole)
** Maltese
*** Etymology
[mt]. [mt] is from [mt].
*** Pronunciation
- [mt]
*** Noun
[g=f]
1. [mt] palm [of a fluke]
2. bulldozer
3. [mt] faux pas , gaffe
4. [mt] someone who always has the best cards [mt]
5. [mt] glutton [one who eats voraciously]