gullet

English

WOTD – 4 May 2009

Etymology

From Middle English golet, borrowed from Old French goulet, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ‎("throat")

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈɡʌl.ɪt/, /ˈɡʌl.ət/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌlɪt
  • Rhymes: -ʌlət

Noun

gullet (plural gullets)

  1. The throat or esophagus.
  2. (cytology) The cytopharynx of a ciliate, through which food is ingested.
  3. The space between the teeth of a saw blade.
  4. A channel for water.
  5. A preparatory cut or channel in excavations, of sufficient width for the passage of earth wagons.

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkulleh(t)/

Verb

gullet

  1. inflection of gullat:
    1. third-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person singular past indicative
    3. second-person plural imperative

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gullet n

  1. definite singular of gull

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gullet n

  1. definite singular of gull

Swedish

Noun

gullet

  1. definite singular of gull
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