gourd
English
/ɡʊəd/, /ɡʊɹd/
noun
Definitions
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- A hard-shelled fruit from a plant in Lagenaria or Cucurbita.
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
- (obsolete) Any of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
- (informal) loaded dice.
- (slang) Head.
Etymology
Borrowed from gurde derived from Latin cucurbita (gourd).
Origin
Latin
cucurbita
Gloss
gourd
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- gourder English
- gourdful English
- gourdlike English
- gourdworm English
- worm English
- *cucurbica Latin
- cucurbita Latin
- cucutia Latin
- Kürbis German
- cucurbita Italian
- cucurbite French
- चिर्भट Sanskrit
- cohourde Old French
- coorde Old French
- kúrbítur Icelandic
- curcubetă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- kurbiz Old High German
- courge Norman
- curcubetã Aromanian
- gurde xno