different between goud vs gourd

English

Etymology 1

Compare Old French gaide, French guède, from Old High German; or compare French gaude. See also woad.

Noun

goud (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) woad

Etymology 2

Noun

goud (plural gouds)

1. Alternative form of gourde (“Haitian currency”)

Anagrams

• Doug

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?œut]

Etymology 1

From Dutch goud, from Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?.

Noun

goud (uncountable)

1. gold

Etymology 2

From Dutch gouden.

Adjective

goud (attributive goue, comparative gouer, superlative goudste)

1. made out of gold
2. golden, gold-coloured

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gout, from Old Dutch golt, from Proto-Germanic *gulþ?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??u?t/
• Hyphenation: goud
• Rhymes: -?u?t

Noun

goud n (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) gold

   zwart goud - oil

   zwart goud - vinyl record

   blauw goud - water

2. (heraldry) or, gold

Derived terms

Descendants

• Afrikaans: goud
• ? Sranan Tongo: gowtu

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian g?d, from Proto-Germanic *g?daz. More at good.

Adjective

goud (comparative beeter, superlative bääst)

1. good

West Frisian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Inherited or borrowed?”)

Noun

goud n (no plural)

1. gold
2. gold jewelry
3. gold coins
4. riches, treasure

Derived terms

• goudûle

Further reading

• “goud”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Etymology

From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???d/, /???d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???d/, /????d/
• Homophone: gored

Noun

gourd (plural gourds)

1. Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
2. A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
3. The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
4. (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
5. (informal) loaded dice.
6. (slang) Head.

   I got so stoned last night. I was out of my gourd.

Derived terms

• gourdful
• saw gourds

Translations

See also

• basket
• bucket
• calabash
• calabaza
• cucurbitaceous

References

Further reading

• American Gourd Society

Anagrams

• groud

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?/

Adjective

gourd (feminine singular gourde, masculine plural gourds, feminine plural gourdes)

1. numb
2. maladroit, gauche

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gourd m

1. (Jersey) numb