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gourde.

gourd

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡuʁd/[ɡuɾd]Louisiana

  1. gourd

    feminine

  2. water bottle; flask; canteen

    broadly · feminine

  3. clot, dope; idiot

    colloquial · feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French coorde, cohourde, with later voicing of initial c-, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of courge (from the form cohourge). Compare English gourd.

noun/ɡuʁd/[ɡuɾd]Louisiana

  1. gourde (currency of Haiti)

    feminine

  2. dollar coin

    Louisiana · feminine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Spanish gordo. Influenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”).

adj/ɡuʁd/[ɡuɾd]Louisiana

  1. feminine singular of gourd

    feminine · form-of · singular
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