gullet
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See also: güllet
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/, /ˈɡʌl.ət/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌlɪt
- Rhymes: -ʌlət
Noun[edit]
gullet (plural gullets)
- The throat or esophagus.
- 2020 May 26, Charles Bramesco, “Corona-sploitation: is it too soon for Hollywood to make Covid-19 movies?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Turning a national tragedy into something a person can pay $12 to watch while shoveling popcorn down their gullet struck detractors as perverse, though critics spilled a goodly amount of e-ink debating the actual merits of the work itself.
- (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
- The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
- A channel for water.
- A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.
- The wide space under the pommel of a saddle; the hollow over the withers of a saddled animal.
Synonyms[edit]
- (throat or esophagus): gorge
- (cytopharynx): cytopharynx
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
the throat or esophagus
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cytopharynx — see cytopharynx
See also[edit]
Northern Sami[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gūlˈlet
Inflection[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
gullet
- inflection of gullat:
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Noun[edit]
gullet n
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Noun[edit]
gullet n
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gullet
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