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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)ni
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CMU ARPABET:G ER1 N IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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