gorge

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• Received-Pronunciation: gôj
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɡɔːdʒ/
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• General-American: gôrj
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• General-American: /ɡɔɹd͡ʒ/
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)dʒ
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• homophone: gorg
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• CMU ARPABET: G AO1 R JH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Clipping of gorge(ous); originally British slang.

From Middle English gorge (“esophagus, gullet; throat; bird's crop; food in a hawk's crop; food or drink that has been eaten”), a borrowing from Old French gorge (“throat”) (modern French gorge (“throat; breast”)), from Vulgar Latin *gorga, *gurga, from Latin gurges (“eddy, whirlpool; gulf; sea”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gwerh3- (“to devour, swallow; to eat”). The English word is cognate with Galician gorxa (“throat”), Italian gorga, gorgia (“gorge, ravine; (obsolete) throat”), Occitan gorga, gorja, Portuguese gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”), Spanish gorja (“gullet, throat; gorge”). Doublet of gour and gurges.

The verb is derived from Middle English gorgen (“to eat greedily; to gorge”), a borrowing from Old French gorger, gorgier (modern French gorger (“to eat greedily; to gorge”)), from gorge (“throat”); see further at etymology 1. The noun is derived from the verb.

196 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: strube — The front aspect of the neck
• Finnish: kurkku — The front aspect of the neck
• French: gorge — The front aspect of the neck
• German: Gurgel — The front aspect of the neck
• German: Kehle — The front aspect of the neck
• Spanish: gorja — The front aspect of the neck
• Spanish: garganta — The front aspect of the neck
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — The front aspect of the neck
• Bulgarian: гъ́рло (gǎ́rlo) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Catalan: gola — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Catalan: gargamella — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Chinese Mandarin: 食管 (shíguǎn) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Chinese Mandarin: 食道 (shídào) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Danish: svælg — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Dutch: strot — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Finnish: kurkku — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Galician: gorxa — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Galician: gorxipa — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Galician: gola — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Galician: gañote — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Galician: ero — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• German: Speiseröhre — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Greek: λαιμός (laimós) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Japanese: 食道 (shokudō) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Korean: 목구멍 (mokgumeong) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Macedonian: гр́ло (gŕlo) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Persian: گلو (galu) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Polish: gardło — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Portuguese: garganta — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Portuguese: gorja — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Russian: пищево́д (piščevód) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Serbo-Croatian: гр̀кљан — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Serbo-Croatian: gr̀kljan — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Spanish: garganta — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Spanish: gorja — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Swedish: svalg — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Turkish: gırtlak — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — inside of the throat — see also gullet
• Finnish: suupala — food taken into the gullet or stomach
• Finnish: pala — food taken into the gullet or stomach
• Finnish: pato — choking or filling of a channel or passage
• Finnish: tulppa — choking or filling of a channel or passage
• Finnish: tukos — choking or filling of a channel or passage
• Finnish: selkä — entrance to an outwork
• Finnish: selus — entrance to an outwork
• Albanian: gryka — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Albanian: grykë — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Arabic: أُخْدُود (ʔuḵdūd) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Armenian: ձոր (jor) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Azerbaijani: dərə — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Belarusian: яр (jar) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Bau Bidayuh: ribuan — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Bulgarian: проло́м (prolóm) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Bulgarian: клису́ра (klisúra) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Bulgarian: дефиле́ (defilé) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Chamicuro: yeepachajpi — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Chinese Mandarin: 峽谷 /峡谷 (xiágǔ) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Czech: rokle — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Czech: soutěska — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Czech: strž — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Danish: kløft — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Danish: slugt — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Dutch: kloof — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Estonian: kuru — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Finnish: rotko — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Finnish: kuru — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• French: gorge — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Galician: golga — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Galician: engrobia — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Galician: engroba — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Galician: dala — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Galician: ozca — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Georgian: ხეობა (xeoba) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• German: Schlucht — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• German: Schluecht — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Greek: φαράγγι (farángi) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Ancient Greek: φάραγξ (pháranx) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Hungarian: szurdok — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Indonesian: gorge — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Iranun: alug — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Italian: gola — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Japanese: 峡谷 (kyōkoku) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Javanese: curah — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Javanese: jrongan — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Javanese: jurang — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Javanese: parung — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Kazakh: аңғар (añğar) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Kazakh: шатқал (şatqal) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Kazakh: сай (sai) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Kimaragang: piroong — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Korean: 협곡 (hyeopgok) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Korean: 골짜기 (goljjagi) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Kyrgyz: капчыгай (kapcıgay) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Macedonian: клисура (klisura) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Macedonian: теснец (tesnec) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Malay: gaung — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Māori: kopi — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Māori: āpiti — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Timugon Murut: lukikib — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Norwegian Bokmål: kløft — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Norwegian Bokmål: slukt — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Norwegian Nynorsk: kløft — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Norwegian Nynorsk: slukt — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Persian: گلوگاه (galugâh) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Persian: تنگه (tange) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Persian: دره (darre) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Plautdietsch: Schlucht — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Polish: wąwóz — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Polish: jar — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Portuguese: garganta — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Romanian: defileu — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Rungus: ruhuk — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Rungus: pansung — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Russian: уще́лье (uščélʹje) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Russian: лощи́на (loščína) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Russian: яр (jar) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: клѝсура — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: кла́нац — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: тѐснац — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: тјѐснац — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: klìsura — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: klánac — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: tèsnac — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Serbo-Croatian: tjèsnac — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Slovak: roklina — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Slovak: strž — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Slovene: soteska — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Spanish: garganta — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Spanish: desfiladero — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Spanish: gorja — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Swedish: pass — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Tajik: дара (dara) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Tarifit: tizi — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Turkish: koyak — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Ottoman Turkish: بوغاز (boğaz) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Ottoman Turkish: دره (dere) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Ukrainian: яр (jar) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Uyghur: جىلغا (jilgha) — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Uzbek: dara — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Vietnamese: hẻm núi — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Zazaki: qulek — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Zazaki: çalek — deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
• Bulgarian: кана́л (kanál) — groove of a pulley
• Finnish: ura — groove of a pulley
• Albanian: përlugëtohem — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Bulgarian: тъпча се (tǎpča se) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Bulgarian: ям лакомо (jam lakomo) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Catalan: devorar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Czech: hltat — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Czech: žrát — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Danish: æde — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Dutch: schrokken — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Estonian: õgima — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Finnish: hotkia — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Finnish: ahmia — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• French: gorger — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• French: se gorger — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• French: se goinfrer — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Galician: engulipar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Galician: denizar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Galician: alampar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• German: sich vollfressen — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• German: sich vollstopfen — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Greek: καταβροχθίζω (katavrochthízo) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Greek: περιδρομιάζω (peridromiázo) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Greek: μπουκώνομαι (boukónomai) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Ancient Greek: λαφύσσω (laphússō) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Irish: déan anspás — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Japanese: 食い溜め (kuidame) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Korean: 꿀꺽하다 (kkulkkeokhada) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Korean: 삼키다 (samkida) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Macedonian: гне́те (gnéte) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Macedonian: се на́сити (se násiti) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Macedonian: се за́сити (se zásiti) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Māori: apu — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Māori: apuapu — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Māori: whāō — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Persian: لمباندن (lombândan) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Polish: żreć — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Portuguese: empanturrar-se de — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Portuguese: devorar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Romanian: înfuleca — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Russian: жрать (žratʹ) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: наситити — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: наситити се — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: ждерати — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: nasititi — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: nasititi se — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Serbo-Croatian: žderati — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Spanish: atiborrarse de — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Spanish: hartarse de — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Spanish: devorar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Spanish: vorar — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Swedish: proppa i sig — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Turkish: tıkınmak — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily
• Ukrainian: же́рти (žérty) — to stuff the gorge or gullet with food; to eat greedily