gout

See also: goût and Goût

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”)

PronunciationEdit

• (US) IPA^(key): /ɡaʊt/

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• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /ɡʌut/

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NounEdit

gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts)

1. (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
2. (usually followed by of) A spurt or splotch.
   • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Macbeth, act 2, scene 1:

     I see thee still,

     And on thy blade and dudgeon gouts of blood.

   • 1981, P. D. James, Children of Men, ch. 20, page 137:

     [S]mall chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet.

   • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion, (Google preview):

     Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh.

3. (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.

SynonymsEdit

• gouty arthritis
• urarthritis
• crystalline arthritis

Related termsEdit

• gutter

Derived termsEdit

• gouty
• goutiness
• gout-ridden
• pseudogout

TranslationsEdit

arthritic disease

• Albanian: gutë f, podagër f
• Bulgarian: подагра f (podagra)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 痛風 (zh), 痛风 (zh) (tòngfēng)

• Czech: dna (cs) f, pakostnice (cs) f
• Dutch: jicht (nl) m
• Faroese: gikt f
• Finnish: kihti (fi)
• French: goutte (fr) f
• German: Gicht (de) f
• Greek: ποδάγρα (el) f (podágra)
• Hebrew: שגדון‎ m (shigadon)
• Italian: gotta (it), podagra (it) (when affecting the feet)
• Japanese: 痛風 (つうふう tsūfū)
• Korean: 통풍 (tongpung) (痛風)

• Latin: gutta
• Luxembourgish: Giicht f
• Maori: porohau, koute
• Polish: dna (pl)
• Portuguese: gota (pt) f
• Romanian: gută (ro) f, podagră (ro) f
• Russian: пода́гра (ru) f (podágra)
• Serbo-Croatian: kostobolja (sh) f
• Spanish: gota (es) f
• Swedish: gikt (sv) c
• Tagalog: piyo, gota
• Turkish: gut (tr)
• Vietnamese: thống phong (痛風)
• Volapük: gig (vo), (foot) futagig, (shoulder) jotagig
• Zazaki: bılık

ReferencesEdit

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FrenchEdit

NounEdit

gout m (plural gouts)

1. Alternative spelling of goût

Usage notesEdit

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.

Further readingEdit

• “gout” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɣout/

NounEdit

gout n (stem goud-)

1. gold

Alternative formsEdit

• golt (Rhinelandic, Limburgish)

DescendantsEdit

• Dutch: goud
• Limburgish: góldj

Further readingEdit

• “gout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “gout”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929