noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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US:/ɡaʊt/
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rhymes with -aʊt
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CMU ARPABET:G AW1 T
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1
noun
Meaning 1
An extremely painful inflammation of joints, especially of the big toe, caused by a metabolic defect resulting in the accumulation of uric acid in the blood and the deposition of urates around the joints.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
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Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable, usually
Examples
Alternative forms: gut, gutt
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A disease of wheat and cornstalks, caused by insect larvae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of gote (“sluice, ditch, drain; vault”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
Taste; relish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
6
verb
Meaning 6
To spurt.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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7
noun
Meaning 7
a painful inflammation of the big toe and foot caused by defects in uric acid metabolism resulting in deposits of the acid and its salts in the blood and joints
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gouty arthritis, urarthritis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: arthritis
History
Etymology
From Middle English goute, from Old French gote, gute, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Compare Spanish gota (“drop, droplet”). Doublet of goutte and gutta. The sense shift derived from humorism and "the notion of the 'dropping' of a morbid material from the blood in and around the joints".
Borrowed from French goût.
Across languages
Translations
94 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gutë
— arthritic disease
Albanian:
podagër
— arthritic disease
Arabic:
رَثْيَة
(raṯya)
— arthritic disease
Arabic:
نِقْرِس
(niqris)
— arthritic disease
Armenian:
հոդատապ
(hodatap)
— arthritic disease
Armenian:
պոդագրա
(podagra)
— arthritic disease
Azerbaijani:
podaqra
— arthritic disease
Basque:
hezueri
— arthritic disease
Bulgarian:
подагра
(podagra)
— arthritic disease
Catalan:
gota
— arthritic disease
Chinese Cantonese:
痛風 /痛风
— arthritic disease
Chinese Mandarin:
痛風 /痛风
(tòngfēng)
— arthritic disease