different between goutte vs goutty

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French goutte, goute, gote. Doublet of gout and gutta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?t/

Noun

goutte (plural gouttes)

1. (heraldry) A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

Translations

Anagrams

• get out, get-out

French

Etymology

From Middle French goutte, from Old French gote, gute, goute, from Latin gutta. The second t was added back in Middle French to reflect the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ut/

Noun

goutte f (plural gouttes)

1. droplet
2. (heraldry) goutte
3. gout (disease)
4. (regional) rivulet; brook
5. (slang) eau de vie

Adverb

goutte

1. (obsolete, used with "ne") not, not at all, not a drop

Synonyms

• pas (literally “(not a) step”) (contemporary French)
• mie (literally “(not a) crumb”) (obsolete)

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French gote, goutte, gote, gute.

Noun

goutte f (plural gouttes)

1. (heraldry) goutte (droplike shape)

Descendants

• French: goutte

English

Adjective

goutty (not comparable)

1. Alternative spelling of gutty