gout

See also goût

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”)

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /gaʊt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aʊt
• (Canada) IPA: /gʌut/

This entry needs audio files. If you have a microphone, please record some and upload them. (For audio required quickly, visit WT:APR.)

• Rhymes: -ʌut

Noun

gout (plural gouts)

1. (pathology, not countable) 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.
2. a spurt or splotch (usually followed by the preposition of)
   • 1981, P.D. James, Children of Men, chapter 20, page 137:

     "...small chunks of rubble and gouts of soot had fallen from the chimney, and were ground into the rug under his unwary feet."

   • 2002, Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer, The Shadow of the Lion [1]

     "Another blow sent gouts of blood flying, along with gobbets of flesh."

Synonyms

• gouty arthritis
• urarthritis
• crystalline arthritis

Related terms

• gutter

Derived terms

• gouty
• goutiness
• pseudogout

Translations

arthritic disease

Chinese: Mandarin: 痛風 (zh), 痛风 (zh) (tòngfēng) Czech: dna (cs) f., pakostnice (cs) f. Dutch: jicht (nl) m. Finnish: kihti (fi) French: goutte (fr) f. German: Gicht (de) f. Greek: ποδάγρα (el) (podágra) f. Hebrew: שגדון (he) (shigadon) m. Italian: gotta (it), podagra (it) (when affecting the feet) Japanese: 痛風 (ja) (つうふう tsūfū)

Korean: 통풍 (ko) (tongpung) (痛風 (ko)) Latin: gutta (la) Luxembourgish: Giicht (lb) f. Portuguese: gota (pt) f. Romanian: gută (ro) f., podagră (ro) f. Russian: подагра (ru) (podágra) f. Serbian: kostobolja f. Spanish: gota (es) f. Swedish: gikt (sv) c. Turkish: gut (tr)

---

French

Noun

gout m. (plural gouts)

1. Alternative spelling of goût.

Usage notes

This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.