Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Franco-American name for a dollar, in use in Louisiana, Cuba, Hayti, etc.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the
currency ofHaiti , divided into 100centimes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the basic unit of money in Haiti
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Listen: Hear my son, Max, pronounce the word "gourde": Download gourde2. wav
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Informally, we call someone who is not very bright "gourde".
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Listen: Hear my son, Max, pronounce the word "gourde": Download gourde2. wav
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Informally, we call someone who is not very bright "gourde".
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Listen: Hear my son, Max, pronounce the word "gourde": Download gourde2. wav
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Informally, we call someone who is not very bright "gourde".
French Word-A-Day: 2006
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Informally, we call someone who is not very bright "gourde".
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Listen: Hear my son, Max, pronounce the word "gourde": Download gourde2.wav
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"Even if you have only one gourde which is yours you don't have any stress."
Thestar.com - Home Page Jennifer Wells 2010
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"We used to be funded by a simple tax of one gourde per bag of cement, but that was taken away during unstable times."
Stacey McMahan: Taking the First Steps Toward Progress Stacey McMahan 2011
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