Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.73 in modern English

Syllables: gour
IPA

5

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Dated form of gaur (“Asian wild bovine”).

Dated

noun

A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.

noun

The head man of a village in the Canarese-speaking country.

Indian usage; Obsolete

name

Alternative form of Gaur (“ancient Bengali city”).

Example Sentences

"[…] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating the phenomenon and causing the formation of a calcite dam tilted towards the center of the gour. As water evaporates from the surface of the gour, a thin film of calcite often forms, […]"
"Every Tehsildary is farmed out in villages to the Gours or head-men."

Etymology

From French gour (“rock pool”), from Latin gurges. Doublet of gorge and gurges.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: gour, gurges

Usage

Inflected Forms

gours (plural)

Derived Forms

microgour

Questions

What does gour mean?: Dated form of gaur (“Asian wild bovine”).
Where does gour come from?: It is traced to French.

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