goutte

Etymology

Old French goutte

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.

Anagrams

• get out, get-out

Etymology

Middle French goutte < Old French gote, 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)

Adverb

goutte

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

   Il ne parloit goutte

   He did not talk at all

Further reading

• “goutte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

goutte f (plural gouttes)

1. (heraldry) goutte (droplike shape)