gosier

French

Etymology

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/

Noun

gosier m (plural gosiers)

gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus)
(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

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

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