gaudi

See also: gaudí and Gaudí

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gaudium. Doublet of goig, a popular development.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡaw.ði]

Noun

gaudi m (plural gaudis)

1. enjoyment, delight

   Synonym: gaudiment

Related terms

• gaudir

Further reading

• “gaudi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.di/

Participle

gaudi (feminine gaudie, masculine plural gaudis, feminine plural gaudies)

1. past participle of gaudir

Italian

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gaudi m

1. (rare) plural of gaudio

Anagrams

• Giuda, giuda, guadi, guida

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gaudy, gaudee

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French gaudie, from Medieval Latin gaudia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡau̯diː/

Noun

gaudi (plural gaudis)

1. jest, trick
2. ornamentation
3. a large, ornamental bead in a rosary
   • c. 1386–1390, John Gower, edited by Reinhold Pauli, Confessio Amantis of John Gower: Edited and Collated with the Best Manuscripts, volumes (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), London: Bell and Daldy […], published 1857, →OCLC:

     A paire of bedes blacke as sable
     She toke and hynge my necke about,
     Upon the gaudees all without
     Was wryte of gold, pur reposer

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

• English: gaudy
• Yola: gaudés (plural)

References

• “gaudī, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.