goutte

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/ɡuːt/

noun

A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

OriginMiddle English goute ← Old French goutte ← Latin gutta →
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Meanings

noungoutte (plural gouttes)

plural gouttes

  1. governmentA charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

    Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of the last charged with a goutte of the first, and sable, in base five estoiles, four and one of the second, all within a bordure argent, charged with eight crosses couped gules.

    1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms: A Complete Encyclopædia of All Royal, Territorial, Municipal, Corporate, Official, and Impersonal Arms, London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 832

Origin

  1. Latingutta“drop”
  2. Old Frenchgoutte
  3. Middle Englishgoute
  4. Englishgoutte

From Middle English goute, from Old French goutte, goute, gote, from Latin gutta (“drop”). Doublet of gout and gutta.

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Translations

Catalan gota
  • gotaheraldic charge
French goutte
  • goutteheraldic charge
Italian goccia
  • gocciaheraldic charge
Spanish gota
  • gotaheraldic charge
Swedish droppe
  • droppeheraldic charge

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with goutte

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Cite this entry
APA

goutte. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goutte

MLA

“goutte.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goutte. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goutte,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goutte.

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