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gurney

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ni
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1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A stretcher having wheeled legs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US

Examples

  • The death row convict was strapped into the gurney in order to be given the lethal injection.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: trolley

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a metal stretcher with wheels

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: stretcher

History

Etymology

English surname of Norman origin, from Gournay-en-Bray in Seine-Maritime, France. Sometimes also from Great Gornhay in Tiverton, Devon, for which see Garnsey.

Unknown. Possibly from Gurney cab, a type of horse-drawn cab on wheels named after Theodore Gurney, the US inventor credited with creating and patenting it in about 1883. For the surname, see Gurney.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِحَفَّة (miḥaffa) — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Bulgarian: носилка на колела (nosilka na kolela) — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Catalan: llitera — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Chinese Mandarin: 輪床 /轮床 (lúnchuáng) — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Czech: vozík — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Danish: båre — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Danish: bårevogn — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Dutch: baar — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Dutch: draagbaar — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Dutch: brancard — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Esperanto: brankardo — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Finnish: pyörälliset paarit — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Finnish: paarit — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • French: civière — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • French: brancard — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Galician: padiola — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Galician: andas — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Galician: angarellas — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • German: Rolltrage — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • German: Fahrtrage — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • German: Trage — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Hungarian: (kerekes) hordágy — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Hungarian: betegszállító kocsi — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Italian: barella — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Japanese: ガーニー (gānī) — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Māori: kauamo wīra — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Polish: nosze na kółkach — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Polish: łóżko szpitalne na kółkach — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Portuguese: marquesa — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Portuguese: maca — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Russian: ката́лка (katálka) — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Serbo-Croatian: ležeća kolica — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Spanish: camilla — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Spanish: parihuela — a stretcher having wheeled legs
  • Spanish: angarilla — a stretcher having wheeled legs
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