gousse
French, noun/ɡus/
gousse is spelled G-O-U-S-S-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 41,186th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gousse is a French feminine noun meaning “legume” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fruit sec, dépourvu de cloison, à deux valves, garnies chacune d’une rangée de graines, et avec deux fentes…”.
What does gousse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelegume
- 2
feminineclove (of garlic)
- 3
datedfeminineslanglesbian
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fruit sec, dépourvu de cloison, à deux valves, garnies chacune d’une rangée de graines, et avec deux fentes de déhiscence (mot utilisé notamment pour les fruits des légumineuses). 2. Caïeu d’un ail. 3. Capsule de vanille. 4. Petite masse métallique, fendue partiellement, qu’on écrase pour pincer un fil
noun: 1. Lesbienne.
adjective: 1. Frotté avec de l'ail.
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 gousse
- gousses plural
- goussés plural masculine
- goussée singular feminine
- goussées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gousse?
- /ɡus/
- \ɡus\
- [ɡus]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gousse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gousse in French?
gousse appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).