gourde
English
editEtymology
editFrom French, originally meaning “heavy, clumsy”. Cognate with Haitian Creole goud.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ɡʊəd/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ɡʊɹd/
- enPR: go͝ord
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d
Noun
editgourde (plural gourdes)
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Old French coorde, cohourde, with later voicing of initial c-, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of courge (from the form cohourge). Compare English gourd.
Noun
editgourde f (plural gourdes)
- gourd
- (by extension) water bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle used by soldiers, camper etc.)
Etymology 2
editInfluenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”).
Noun
editgourde f (plural gourdes)
- (colloquial) clot, dope; idiot
- gourde (currency of Haiti)
Adjective
editgourde
Further reading
edit- “gourde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman gourde, gurde, from Latin cucurbita.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgourde (plural gourdes)
- A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae; a gourd or similar plant.
- The fruit of such a plant.
Descendants
edit- English: gourd
References
edit- “gǒurd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Norman
editAdjective
editgourde
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