gord

See also: GORD, Gord, and горд

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔː(ɹ)d/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d

Etymology 1

Perhaps hollow, and so named in allusion to a gourd.

Alternative forms

• gourd

Noun

gord (plural gords)

1. (obsolete) An instrument of gaming; a sort of dice.
   • c. 1613–1616, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Scornful Lady, a Comedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     And thy dry bones can reach at nothing now, But gords or nine-pins

Etymology 2

Noun

gord (plural gords)

1. (archaeology) A medieval Slavonic fortified settlement, typically a group of wooden houses surrounded by a wall of earth and wood, with a palisade running along the top of the bulwark.

Anagrams

• GDOR, ROGD

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin gurdus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡort]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡoɾt]

Adjective

gord (feminine gorda, masculine plural gords, feminine plural gordes)

1. (Valencia, Eivissa) fat

   Synonym: gras

2. stale, old, dry

   Synonyms: dur, sec

Derived terms

• gordària
• gordesa

Further reading

• “gord” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

gord

1. inflection of gorden:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Gaulish *gorton ‘hedge, enclosure’; cf. Irish gort, Cornish gorth, Welsh garth.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁ/

Noun

gord m (plural gords)

1. crawl, a stake enclosure at a body of water to catch fish

Further reading

• “gord”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

From Portuguese gordo (“fat”), from Old Galician-Portuguese gordo, from Latin gurdus.

Adjective

gord

1. (Diu) fat (carrying a larger than normal amount of fat on one’s body)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Trasê tamêm um vaquinh bem gord e matá par nós comê e par nós regalá:

     Bring also a small and very fat cow and kill (it) for us to eat and for us to feast on:

Polabian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔrt/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gordъ.

Noun

gord m ?

1. castle; court

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gorďь.

Noun

gord f

1. barn

References

• Polański, Kazimierz (1971) “gord”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 2 (ďüzd – ľotü), Wrocław, Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 170
• Polański, Kazimierz, James Allen Sehnert (1967) “gord”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 66

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *gъrdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡôːrd/

Adjective

gȏrd (Cyrillic spelling го̑рд, definite gȏrdī, comparative gordiji)

1. proud
2. arrogant

Declension

positive indefinite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gord	gorda	gordo
genitive		gorda	gorde	gorda
dative		gordu	gordoj	gordu
accusative	inanimate animate	gord gorda	gordu	gordo
vocative		gord	gorda	gordo
locative		gordu	gordoj	gordu
instrumental		gordim	gordom	gordim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gordi	gorde	gorda
genitive		gordih	gordih	gordih
dative		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)
accusative		gorde	gorde	gorda
vocative		gordi	gorde	gorda
locative		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)
instrumental		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)

positive definite forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gordi	gorda	gordo
genitive		gordog(a)	gorde	gordog(a)
dative		gordom(u/e)	gordoj	gordom(u/e)
accusative	inanimate animate	gordi gordog(a)	gordu	gordo
vocative		gordi	gorda	gordo
locative		gordom(e/u)	gordoj	gordom(e/u)
instrumental		gordim	gordom	gordim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gordi	gorde	gorda
genitive		gordih	gordih	gordih
dative		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)
accusative		gorde	gorde	gorda
vocative		gordi	gorde	gorda
locative		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)
instrumental		gordim(a)	gordim(a)	gordim(a)

comparative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gordiji	gordija	gordije
genitive		gordijeg(a)	gordije	gordijeg(a)
dative		gordijem(u)	gordijoj	gordijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	gordiji gordijeg(a)	gordiju	gordije
vocative		gordiji	gordija	gordije
locative		gordijem(u)	gordijoj	gordijem(u)
instrumental		gordijim	gordijom	gordijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		gordiji	gordije	gordija
genitive		gordijih	gordijih	gordijih
dative		gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)
accusative		gordije	gordije	gordija
vocative		gordiji	gordije	gordija
locative		gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)
instrumental		gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)	gordijim(a)

superlative forms

singular		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najgordiji	najgordija	najgordije
genitive		najgordijeg(a)	najgordije	najgordijeg(a)
dative		najgordijem(u)	najgordijoj	najgordijem(u)
accusative	inanimate animate	najgordiji najgordijeg(a)	najgordiju	najgordije
vocative		najgordiji	najgordija	najgordije
locative		najgordijem(u)	najgordijoj	najgordijem(u)
instrumental		najgordijim	najgordijom	najgordijim
plural		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative		najgordiji	najgordije	najgordija
genitive		najgordijih	najgordijih	najgordijih
dative		najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)
accusative		najgordije	najgordije	najgordija
vocative		najgordiji	najgordije	najgordija
locative		najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)
instrumental		najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)	najgordijim(a)

Derived terms

• górdōst

See also

• ponosan

Further reading

• “gord” in Hrvatski jezični portal