different between fjord vs gorge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþu, *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”), from *per- (“to carry forth”) + *-tus (suffix forming action nouns from verb roots). Doublet of firth, ford, and port.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?fi???d/, /fi???d/, /fj??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /fi???d/, /fj??d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Hyphenation: fjord

Noun

fjord (plural fjords)

1. A long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs.

Alternative forms

• fiord (now chiefly New Zealand)

Derived terms

Related terms

• fjard

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (fiyorudo)

Translations

References

Czech

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjort]

Noun

fjord m

1. fjord

Declension

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish fiorth, from Old Norse fj?rðr (“firth, fjord”), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjo???]
• Rhymes: -o???
• Homophone: fjor

Noun

fjord c (singular definite fjorden, plural indefinite fjorde)

1. firth, fjord, inlet

Inflection

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fj?rt/
• Hyphenation: fjord
• Rhymes: -?rt

Noun

fjord f (plural fjorden, diminutive fjordje n)

1. fjord
2. Fjord horse

   Synonym: fjordenpaard

Derived terms

Related terms

• voord

French

Alternative forms

• fiord

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr. Doublet of port.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fj??d/, /fj??/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /fj??/, /fj??(?)/

Noun

fjord m (plural fjords)

1. fjord

Descendants

• ? Vietnamese: phi-oóc

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?fjord]
• Hyphenation: fjord
• Rhymes: -ord

Noun

fjord (plural fjordok)

1. fjord (a long, narrow, deep inlet between cliffs)

Declension

References

• Bakos, Ferenc and Pál Fábián. Idegen szavak és kifejezések szótára (’A Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1989. ?ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?r/, [fju??]

Noun

fjord m (definite singular fjorden, indefinite plural fjorder, definite plural fjordene)

1. a fjord

Usage notes

Incorporated into the names of fjords as -fjorden.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

“fjord” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”). Akin to English firth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fju?r/

Noun

fjord m (definite singular fjorden, indefinite plural fjordar, definite plural fjordane)

1. a fjord

Usage notes

Incorporated into the names of fjords as -fjorden.

Derived terms

Descendants

See above.

References

“fjord” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Norwegian fjord, from Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjôrd/

Noun

fj?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. fjord

Declension

References

• “fjord” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

Slovak

Etymology

From Old Norse fj?rðr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fj?rd/

Noun

fjord m (genitive singular fjordu, nominative plural fjordy, genitive plural fjordov, declension pattern of dub)

1. fjord

Declension

Further reading

• fjord in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fiordher, from Old Norse fj?rðr, from Proto-Norse *?????? (*ferþuz), from Proto-Germanic *ferþuz (“inlet, fjord”), from Proto-Indo-European *pértus (“crossing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fju?rd/, [?fju??], /?fjo?rd/, [?fjo??]

Noun

fjord c

1. fjord

Declension

Related terms

• fjärd

References

• fjord in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fjord”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: gôj, IPA^(key): /???d?/
• (General American) enPR: gôrj, IPA^(key): /???d??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d?

Etymology 1

From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *g?erh?- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English word is cognate with Galician gorxa (“throat”), Italian gorga, gorgia (“gorge, ravine; (obsolete) throat”), Occitan gorga, gorja, Portuguese gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”), Spanish gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”).

Noun

gorge (plural gorges)

1. (archaic) The front aspect of the neck; the outside of the throat.
2. (archaic, literary) The inside of the throat; the esophagus, the gullet; (falconry, specifically) the crop or gizzard of a hawk.
3. Food that has been taken into the gullet or the stomach, particularly if it is regurgitated or vomited out.
4. (US) A choking or filling of a channel or passage by an obstruction; the obstruction itself.
5. (architecture) A concave moulding; a cavetto.
6. (architecture, fortification) The rearward side of an outwork, a bastion, or a fort, often open, or not protected against artillery.
7. (fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
8. (geography) A deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides, particularly one with a stream running through it; a ravine.

   Synonym: canyon
9. (mechanical engineering) The groove of a pulley.

Usage notes

• (food taken into the gullet or stomach): A person's gorge is said to rise (that is, they feel as if they are about to vomit) if they feel irritated or nauseated.

Derived terms

Related terms

• gorget
• gorgeted

Translations

Etymology 2

The verb is derived from Middle English gorgen (“to eat greedily; to gorge”), a borrowing from Old French gorger, gorgier (modern French gorger (“to eat greedily; to gorge”)), from gorge (“throat”); see further at etymology 1.

The noun is derived from the verb.

Verb

gorge (third-person singular simple present gorges, present participle gorging, simple past and past participle gorged)

1. (intransitive, reflexive) To stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily and in large quantities. [+ on (object)]
2. (transitive) To swallow, especially with greediness, or in large mouthfuls or quantities.
3. (transitive) To fill up to the throat; to glut, to satiate.

   Synonyms: sate, stuff
4. (transitive) To fill up (an organ, a vein, etc.); to block up or obstruct; (US, specifically) of ice: to choke or fill a channel or passage, causing an obstruction.

   Synonym: engorge

Conjugation

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

gorge (plural gorges)

1. An act of gorging.

Translations

Etymology 3

Clipping of gorge(ous); originally British slang.

Adjective

gorge (comparative more gorge, superlative most gorge)

1. (slang) Gorgeous.

Notes

References

Further reading

• canyon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gorge (fortification) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gorge (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gorge at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Grego, Rogge, grego

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????/

Etymology 1

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. throat
2. breast
3. gorge

Derived terms

Related terms

• ingurgiter
• régurgiter

Descendants

• ? Catalan: gorja
• ? Italian: gorgia
• ? Portuguese: gorja
• ? Spanish: gorja

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gorge

1. first-person singular present indicative of gorger
2. third-person singular present indicative of gorger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of gorger
5. second-person singular imperative of gorger

Further reading

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

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?rd?e

Noun

gorge f

1. plural of gorgia

Middle French

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. (anatomy) throat

Norman

Etymology

From Old French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gorge f (plural gorges)

1. (Jersey, anatomy) throat

Derived terms

• bigorgi (“to slit a throat”)

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin gurga, related to Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”).

Noun

gorge f (oblique plural gorges, nominative singular gorge, nominative plural gorges)

1. throat

Descendants

• French: gorge
  • ? Catalan: gorja
  • ? Italian: gorgia
  • ? Portuguese: gorja
  • ? Spanish: gorja
• ? Galician: gorxa