goose

C1 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ɡus/ UK /ɡuːs/ See IPA manual

Freq #4934

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1

noun
A large water bird with webbed feet and a long neck, bigger than a duck.

A flock of geese landed on the pond.
2

noun
The meat of a goose, eaten as food.

They roasted a goose for the holiday dinner.
3

noun
A silly or foolish person.

Don't be such a goose, of course I'm joking.

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Forms geesegoosedgoosesgoosing

Derived forms ember-gooseembergooseemmer-goosegooduckengoosandergoose-bumpgoose-drowndergoose-drownergoose-fleshergoose-grassgoose-ishgoose-like

Related forms anserine dove duck ducklingeiderpigeon squab swanswanling

PIE word *ǵʰh₂éns From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates Compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect North Frisian gus; Sölring dialect North Frisian Guus; Heligoland dialect North Frisian gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá). * The tailor's iron…

goos Middle English gōs Old English *gans Proto-Germanic *ǵʰh₂éns Proto-Indo-European zùoss zoss

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# goose

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡus/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡuːs/
**Frequency rank:** 4934

## Meanings
1. A large water bird with webbed feet and a long neck, bigger than a duck.
2. The meat of a goose, eaten as food.
3. A silly or foolish person.

## Examples
- A flock of geese landed on the pond.
- They roasted a goose for the holiday dinner.
- Don't be such a goose, of course I'm joking.

## Derived Forms
- ember-goose
- embergoose
- emmer-goose
- gooducken
- goosander
- goose-bump
- goose-drownder
- goose-drowner
- goose-flesher
- goose-grass
- goose-ish
- goose-like

## Related Forms
- anserine
- dove
- duck
- duckling
- eider
- pigeon
- squab
- swan
- swanling

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: goos
- Root: gōs
- Root: *gans
- Root: *ǵʰh₂éns
- Root: zùoss

## Etymology
PIE word *ǵʰh₂éns From Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates Compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect North Frisian gus; Sölring dialect North Frisian Guus; Heligoland dialect North Frisian gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá). * The tailor's iron…

## AI Etymology
Goose is from Middle English goos, gos, from Old English gōs, from Proto-West Germanic *gans, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns. Cognates include Compare West Frisian goes, North Frisian göis (also Fering-Öömrang dialect North Frisian gus; Sölring dialect North Frisian Guus; Heligoland dialect North Frisian gus), Low German Goos, Gans, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian gås, Icelandic gæs, Irish gé, Latin ānser, Latvian zùoss, Russian гусь (gusʹ), Albanian gatë, Ancient Greek χήν (khḗn), Avestan 𐬰𐬁 (zā), Sanskrit हंस (haṃsá).; The tailor's iron… In present-day use, it can mean a large water bird with webbed feet and a long neck, bigger than a duck, or the meat of a goose, eaten as food.

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- Food & Drink

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