goitre

• goiter

Borrowed from French, either from Old French goitron (“throat, neck, goitre”), itself from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem (“throat, goitre-like protrusions”), from Latin guttur, or a back-formation from French goitreux (“goitered”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɪ.tə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔɪ.tɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪtə(ɹ)

goitre (countable and uncountable, plural goitres)

1. (pathology, UK) An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.

• Rogiet, egriot, goiter

• goître

It appears to be a regional derivation from Old French goitron, from Vulgar Latin *gutturiō, *gutturiōnem, from Latin guttur, or a regressive derivation from goitreux.

• IPA^(key): /ɡwatʁ/

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goitre m (plural goitres)

1. goitre

• “goitre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.