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Not according to the french wiktionary [1]. There is a Catalan word guix however, where it means chalk. [2] [1] https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/geek https://fr
by oska 8y ago
Not according to the french wiktionary [1].
There is a Catalan word guix however, where it means chalk. [2]
[1] https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/geek https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/geek
[2] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guix https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/guix
- pygy_ 8y agoGeek is a borrowed word in French, and the original English spelling is used. If you wanted to write a word that respects French pronunciation and sounded like "geeks" in English, you'd write it "guix", or "guiks". It is a bilingual pun.