gosier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French geuse, josier, from Vulgar Latin *gusia or *gausia (compare Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulan gose, Romanian guşă (“maw, gullet”)), from Late Latin geusiae, from Gaulish geusiae (compare Welsh gewai (“glutton”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.zje/

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Noun

gosier m (plural gosiers)

1. gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus)
2. (by analogy) larynx, voicebox

Derived terms

• avoir le gosier en pente
• avoir le gosier ferré
• avoir le gosier pavé
• avoir le gosier sec
• coup de gosier
• gosier de rossignol

Further reading

• “gosier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.