gousse
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French gousse, from Old French gose, gosse (“bean pod, hull, husk”), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Old Occitan gossa (“female dog, bitch”), from gos (“dog”), however the sense evolution is obscure; for similar semantic development, compare French caïeu (“clove of garlic”), from Latin catellus (“puppy”); along with English pup (“puppy”), also "offshoot from a banana plant."[1]
Compare also Catalan gos (“dog”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gousse f (plural gousses)
References[edit]
- ^ “gusset”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading[edit]
- “gousse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
gousse f (plural gousses)
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