different between gorge vs couloir

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French couloir (literally “corridor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kul?w??/

Noun

couloir (plural couloirs)

1. (climbing, skiing) A steep gorge along a mountainside.
   • 1978, Yvon Chouinard, Climbing Ice, page 145,

     Those deep, dark slots in a mountain known as couloirs are often the most obvious routes of ascent.

   • 1987, Roger Marshall, AdventureSport: Everest and Me, Backpacker, page 42,

     Looking up the face I could see directly into the Japanese and Hornbein couloirs, an almost direct 9000 feet to the summit.

   • 1998, R. J. Secor, Denali Climbing Guide, page 99,

     Ascend a long, easy snow couloir back left to the crest of Cassin Ridge at 17700 feet, where there is a campsite.

   • 2002, American Alpine Club Safety Committee, Alpine Club of Canada Safety Committee, Accidents in North American Mountaineering, Issue 55, page 58,

     When they approached the couloir shortly before 0300, the snow was firm enough for them to use crampons.

Translations

Further reading

• couloir on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Crioulo, crioulo

French

Etymology

couler +? -oir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.lwa?/

Noun

couloir m (plural couloirs)

1. corridor, hallway
2. aisle (in an airliner)
3. slipstream

Descendants

• ? English: couloir

Further reading

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