gosier

French

Etymology

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
  • IPA(key): /ɡo.zje/
  • audio(file)

Noun

gosier m (plural gosiers)

  1. gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus)
  2. (by analogy) larynx, voicebox

Derived terms
Derived terms
  • avoir le gosier en pente
  • avoir le gosier ferré
  • avoir le gosier pavé
  • avoir le gosier sec
  • coup de gosier
  • gosier de rossignol

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.