gout

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints". ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /ɡaʊt/ Rhymes: -aʊt (Canada) IPA(key): [ɡʌut] ==== Noun ==== gout (countable and uncountable, plural gouts) (uncountable, pathology) An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints. Synonyms: crystalline arthritis, gouty arthritis, urarthritis, rich man's disease Hypernym: arthritis (usually followed by of) A drop; a spurt or splotch. Alternative forms: gut, gutt Coordinate term: goutte (rare) A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae. ===== Alternative forms ===== gowt (obsolete) ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== gutter ===== Descendants ===== → Thai: เกาต์ (gáo) ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== gout (third-person singular simple present gouts, present participle gouting, simple past and past participle gouted) (intransitive) To spurt. ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== gout (plural gouts) Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”). === Etymology 3 === From French goût. ==== Noun ==== gout (plural gouts) (obsolete) Taste; relish. ===== Related terms ===== == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === gout m (plural gouts) post-1990 spelling of goût === Further reading === “gout”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Haitian Creole == === Etymology === From French goutte. === Noun === gout drop, droplet (small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own rounded shape through surface tension) ==== Related terms ==== === References === Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎[4], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 76 == Middle Dutch == === Etymology === From Old Dutch golt === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɣou̯t/ === Noun === gout n (stem goud-) gold ==== Inflection ==== ==== Alternative forms ==== golt (Rhinelandic, Limburgish) ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: goudAfrikaans: goudBerbice Creole Dutch: gautuNegerhollands: gaut, goud, goutSkepi Creole Dutch: gaut→ Sranan Tongo: gowtu→ Caribbean Javanese: gautu→ Saramaccan: góútu→ Trió: koutu Limburgish: góldj === Further reading === “gout”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “gout”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN