Meanings
noungourd (plural gourds)
plural gourds
- Any of the trailing or climbing vines producing fruit with a hard rind or shell, from the genera Lagenaria and Cucurbita (in Cucurbitaceae).
- The dried and hardened shell of such fruit, made into a drinking vessel, bowl, spoon, or other objects designed for use or decoration.
- obsoleteAny of the climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae, which includes watermelon, pumpkins, and cucumbers.
- informalLoaded dice.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounany vine of the family Cucurbitaceae that bears fruits with hard rinds
Similar
gourd vine
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latincucurbita
- Anglo-Normangurde
- Middle Englishgourde
- Englishgourd
From Middle English gourde, from Anglo-Norman gurde, gourde, from Latin cucurbita. Doublet of cucurbit.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek τολύπη
- τολύπη (tolúpē)fruit
Arabic قَرْع, قَرْع
- قَرْع (qarʕ)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- قَرْع (qarʕ)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
Bulgarian кратуна, тиква
- кратуна (kratuna)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- тиква (tikva)slang: head
- кратуна (kratuna)fruit
Chinese Mandarin 瓜, 葫蘆 /葫芦
- 瓜 (guā)vine
- 葫蘆 /葫芦 (húlu)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- 葫蘆 /葫芦 (húlu)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- 瓜 (guā)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- 腦瓜 /脑瓜 (nǎoguā)slang: head
- 葫蘆 /葫芦 (húlu)fruit
- 瓜 (guā)fruit
Danish flaskegræskar, kalabas
- flaskegræskarfruit
- kalabasfruit
Dutch kalebasfles, kalebas
- kalebasflesdried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- kalebasclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- kopslang: head
Esperanto kukurbo
- kukurbofruit
Finnish kurpitsa, pallokurpitsa
- kurpitsavine
- pallokurpitsavine
- kalebassidried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- kurkkukasviclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- kaalislang: head
- kurpitsafruit
French calebasse, calebasse
- calebassedried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- calebasseclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- calebassefruit
German Kalebasse, Rübe
- Kalebassedried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- Rübeslang: head
- Birneslang: head
- Flaschenkürbisfruit
- Kalebassefruit
Hebrew דלעת, דלעת
- דלעתdried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- דלעתfruit
Hindi लौकी, लौकी
- लौकी (laukī)vine
- लौकी (laukī)fruit
Hungarian tök
- tökfruit
Italian zucca, zucca
- zuccadried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- zuccaclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- zuccaslang: head
Japanese 瓢箪, ヒョウタン
- 瓢箪 (hyōtan)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- ヒョウタン (hyōtan)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- 瓢箪 (hyōtan)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- 瓢箪 (hyōtan)fruit
- ヒョウタン (hyōtan)fruit
Korean 박, 바가지
- 박 (bak)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- 바가지 (bagaji)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- 박 (bak)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- 박 (bak)slang: head
- 박 (bak)fruit
Latin cucurbita, cucurbita
- cucurbitadried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- cucurbitaclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- cucurbitafruit
Malay labu
- labufruit
Māori omoomo, hue
- omoomofruit
- huefruit
- kīakafruit
- kamokamofruit
Persian سفچ, کدو
- سفچ (safč)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- کدو (kadu)fruit
- اج (oj)fruit
Polish tykwa
- tykwafruit
Portuguese cabaceira, cuieira
- cabaceiravine
- cuieiravine
- cabaçadried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- porongodried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- cabaçaclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- cabaçafruit
- cuiafruit
Russian ты́ква, ты́ква
- ты́ква (týkva)dried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- ты́ква (týkva)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- ты́ква (týkva)slang: head
- башка́ (bašká)slang: head
- коча́н (kočán)slang: head
- ты́ква (týkva)fruit
- горля́нка (gorljánka)fruit
Spanish güiro, guash
- güirovine
- guashvine
- jicalpestlevine
- jicalpextle (jicalpeshtle)vine
- pipiánvine
- pumpovine
- ayacastevine
- pipiánfruit
- ayacastefruit
- auyamafruit
- ahuyamafruit
- ayotefruit
Swedish kalebass, skalle
- kalebassdried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- skalleslang: head
Thai ไม้จำพวกนำ้เต้าและบวบ, ฟัก
- ไม้จำพวกนำ้เต้าและบวบdried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- ฟัก (fák)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- มะระ (má-rá)fruit
Turkish susak, sukabağı
- susakdried and hardened shell of a gourd fruit
- sukabağıclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- kabakslang: head
- kelleslang: head
- sukabağıfruit
- susakfruit
Urdu گھیا, کَدّو
- گھیا (ghyā)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
- کَدّو (kaddo)climbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
Vietnamese cây bầu
- cây bầuclimbing or trailing plants from the family Cucurbitaceae
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gourd
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
gourd. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourd
MLA
“gourd.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourd. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gourd,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gourd.
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