Translation
throat
Word origin
From French gorge, from Late Latin gurga, a variant of gurges ('whirlpool, gullet'). The same root gives English gorge for both the ravine and the eating.
- Origin
- French
- Root
- gurges
- English cognates
- gorge, engorge, regurgitate
Examples
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I feel a pain in my throat.
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After the long speech his throat was dry.
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The dog has a white patch on its throat.
Keep and apart: is the neck you see from outside, is the passage inside it. A scarf goes round the , a cold settles in the . The ĝ is the soft English j of judge, so the word is two syllables, GOR-ĝo, and not a hard g.
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