gourd
French, adjective/ɡuʁ/
gourd is spelled G-O-U-R-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written French, the 112,013th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gourd is a French adjective meaning “numb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est devenu comme perclus par le froid”.
What does gourd mean in English?
adjective
- 1
numb
- 2
maladroit, gauche
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est devenu comme perclus par le froid. 2. Emprunté ; lourdaud ; maladroit.
noun: 1. Variante orthographique de gour. Trou rempli d’eau, gouffre dans une rivière. On le dit particulièrement d’un lieu disposé dans une rivière pour y attirer et prendre les poissons. – (Jean-Baptiste Onofrio, Essai d’un glossaire des patois du Lyonnais, Forez et Beaujolais, Scheuring, 1864, p. 234)
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gourd
- gourde feminine
- gourds masculine plural
- gourdes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gourd?
- /ɡuʁ/
- \ɡuʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gourd
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gourd in French?
gourd appears about once in every 12 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).