gosier
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
gosier m (plural gosiers)
- gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus)
- (by analogy) larynx, voicebox
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Further reading[edit]
- “gosier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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