different between gourd vs sheng

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

English

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (sh?ng).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???/, (anglicized) /???/

Noun

sheng (plural shengs)

1. A Chinese wind instrument, a free-reed mouth organ consisting of 13 or more bamboo pipes of various lengths, which are fixed at their bases in a wind chest made from a dried gourd (or, more recently, wood or chrome-plated brass).

Translations

Anagrams

• Enghs, Engsh, Hengs

French

Noun

sheng m (plural shengs)

1. sheng

Mandarin

Romanization

sheng

1. Nonstandard spelling of sh?ng.
2. Nonstandard spelling of shéng.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sh?ng.
4. Nonstandard spelling of shèng.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Swahili

Pronunciation

Noun

sheng (n class, plural sheng)

1. (Sheng) Alternative letter-case form of Sheng