goes

See also: Goes, Góes, goês, gös, and Goes.

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊz/

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• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

goes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of go

Noun

goes

1. plural of go

Anagrams

• EOGs, GEOs, Gose, Sego, egos, geos, gose, sego

Cornish

Alternative forms

• goos

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *waytos, probably ultimately from the root of gwythi (“veins”), see that entry for cognates. Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.

Noun

goes m

1. blood

Mutation

  Mutation of goes  

Cornish consonant mutation
unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
goes	woes	unchanged	koes	hwoes	woes

Welsh

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ɡoːɨ̯s/
• (South Wales, standard, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡɔi̯s/
  • (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /ɡoːs/

Noun

goes

1. Soft mutation of coes.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
coes	goes	nghoes	choes
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans.

Noun

goes c (plural guozzen or gies, diminutive guoske)

1. goose

Usage notes

• The plural gies is archaic.

Further reading

• “goes”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011