gourde

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English

Etymology

French, originally meaning “heavy, clumsy”. Cognate with Haitian Creole goud.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡʊəd/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɡʊɹd/
  • enPR: go͝ord
  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d

Noun

gourde (plural gourdes)

  1. The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Inherited 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

gourde f (plural gourdes)

  1. gourd
  2. (by extension) water bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle used by soldiers, camper etc.)

Etymology 2

Influenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”).

Noun

gourde f (plural gourdes)

  1. (colloquial) clot, dope; idiot
  2. gourde (currency of Haiti)

Adjective

gourde

  1. feminine singular of gourd

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gourde, gurde, from Latin cucurbita.

Pronunciation

Noun

gourde (plural gourdes)

  1. A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae; a gourd or similar plant.
  2. The fruit of such a plant.

Descendants

  • English: gourd

References

Norman

Adjective

gourde

  1. feminine singular of gourd (“numb”)
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