gourde

== English == === Etymology === From French, originally meaning “heavy, clumsy”. Cognate with Haitian Creole goud. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɡʊəd/ (US) IPA(key): /ɡʊɹd/ enPR: go͝ord Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)d === Noun === gourde (plural gourdes) The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes. === Anagrams === drogue, drouge, rogued, rouged == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡuʁd/ (Louisiana) IPA(key): [ɡuɾd] === Etymology 1 === 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 ==== gourde f (plural gourdes) gourd (by extension) water bottle; flask; canteen (colloquial) clot, dope; idiot === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Spanish gordo. Influenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”). ==== Noun ==== gourde f (plural gourdes) gourde (currency of Haiti) (Louisiana) dollar coin ===== Descendants ===== Haitian Creole: goud === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== gourde feminine singular of gourd === Further reading === “gourde”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; →ISBN; →ISBN) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === gorde, goord, gowrde, gurd === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman gourde, gurde, from Latin cucurbita. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡuːrd(ə)/ === Noun === gourde (plural gourdes) A plant of the family Cucurbitaceae; a gourd or similar plant. The fruit of such a plant. ==== Descendants ==== English: gourd ==== References ==== “gǒurd(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Norman == === Adjective === gourde feminine singular of gourd (“numb”)