gourde

English

Noun

gourde (plural gourdes)

1. The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.

Anagrams

• drogue, drouge, rogued, rouged

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French

Etymology 1

From Old French coorde, with the initial c- later vocalized, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of courge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁd/

Noun

gourde f (plural gourdes)

1. gourd
2. (by extension) water bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle used by soldiers, camper etc.)

Etymology 2

Influenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁd/

Noun

gourde f (plural gourdes)

1. (colloquial) clot, dope; idiot

Adjective

gourde

1. feminine singular of gourd

Further reading

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

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Norman

Adjective

gourde

1. feminine singular of gourd (“numb”)