gourde

gourde (plural gourdes)

1. The currency of Haiti, divided into 100 centimes.

• drogue, drouge, rogued, rouged

From Old French coorde, with the initial c- later vocalized, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of courge.

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁd/

gourde f (plural gourdes)

1. gourd
2. (by extension) water bottle; flask; canteen (water bottle used by soldiers, camper etc.)

Influenced by the adjective gourd (“clumsy”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡuʁd/

gourde f (plural gourdes)

1. (colloquial) clot, dope; idiot

gourde

1. feminine singular of gourd

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

gourde

1. feminine singular of gourd (“numb”)