gourme
See also: gourmé
French
Etymology
From Frankish *wurm (“worm”). Doublet of ver.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡuʁm/
France (Lyon) (file)
Noun
gourme f (plural gourmes)
- strangles, equine distemper (disease of horses caused by an infection by the bacterium Streptococcus equi)
- Synonym: angine du cheval
Derived terms
- gourmeux
- jeter sa gourme
Descendants
- → Spanish: gurma
Further reading
- “gourme”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.