gorge
French
noun
Definitions
- throat
- breast
- gorge
Etymology
Inherited from Old French gorge (throat) inherited from Latin gurga, gurges (whirlpool, gulf, eddy, sea, stream, gulf sea, a whirlpool).
Origin
Latin
gurges
Gloss
whirlpool, gulf, eddy, sea, stream, gulf sea, a whirlpool
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
海
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coupe-gorge English
- gorge English
- gorged English
- gorger English
- gorgest English
- gorgeth English
- overgorge English
- ungorge English
- *gorga Latin
- *gurgurium Latin
- gurga Latin
- gurges Latin
- gorgia Italian
- gorgo Italian
- gurge Italian
- pappagorgia Italian
- arrière-gorge French
- coupe-gorge French
- couper French
- gorgée French
- gorja Spanish, Castilian
- gorjirrojo Spanish, Castilian
- *gʷerh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- gorja Portuguese
- gorjeta Portuguese
- gorge Middle English
- gorge Old French
- gort Old French
- gorĝo Esperanto
- gorgolo Galician
- gorgozo Galician
- gorgueira Galician
- gorxa Galician
- gorge Norman
- gorge Middle French
- gorgomelo Old Portuguese
- gòj Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lagorz Mauritian Creole
- lagorz Seychellois Creole