goutte

See also: goutté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French goutte, goute, gote. Doublet of gout.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡuːt/

Noun

goutte (plural gouttes)

1. (heraldry) A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

Translations

heraldic charge

• Catalan: gota (ca) f
• French: goutte (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: goccia (it) f
• Spanish: gota (es) f

Anagrams

• get out, get-out

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French

Etymology

From Middle French goutte, from Old French gote, gute, goute, from Latin gutta. The second t was added back in Middle French to reflect the original Latin spelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡut/

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Noun

goutte f (plural gouttes)

1. droplet
2. (heraldry) goutte
3. gout (disease)
4. (regional) rivulet; brook
5. (slang) eau de vie

Adverb

goutte

1. (obsolete, used with "ne") not

   Il ne parloit goutte

   He did not talk at all

Synonyms

• pas (contemporary French)
• mie (obsolete)

Related terms

• compte-gouttes
• égoutter
• gouttelette f

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French gote, goutte, gote, gute.

Noun

goutte f (plural gouttes)

1. (heraldry) goutte (droplike shape)

Descendants

• French: goutte