goos

See also: Goos and Göös

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡuːz/

Noun

goos

  1. plural of goo

Verb

goos

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of goo

Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *waytos. Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.

Pronunciation
  • (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡoːz]
  • (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): [ˈɡuːz]

Noun

goos m (plural gosow)

  1. blood
  2. bloodline

Mutation
  Mutation of goos  
Cornish consonant mutation
unmutatedsoftaspiratehardmixedmixed after 'th
goos woos unchanged koos hwoos woos

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡoːs/

Adjective

goos (plural gese or gece)

  1. goose (especially a female one)
  2. The meat or corpse of a goose; a dead goose.
  3. A fool or idiot.

Descendants
  • English: goose
  • Scots: guse

Somali

Noun

goos ?

  1. The act of biting
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