goitre
UK/ˈɡɔɪ.tə//ˈɡɔɪ.tɚ/
goitre noun: an enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
Noun
goitre (countable and uncountable, plural goitres)
- An enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
goitre meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
goitre in Hindi
- goitre
- गलगंड galgaṇḍ
goitre in Tamil
- அயோடின் பற்றாக்குறை நோய், தைராய்டு சுரப்பி வீக்க நோய், தைராய்டு வீக்கம், முன்கழுத்துக் கழலை, கண்டமாலை, கேடயச் சுரப்பிக்கட்டி ஊக்கி
goitre in Malayalam
- കണ്ഠമുഴ, തൊണ്ടമുഴ, തൊണ്ടവീക്കം
goitre in Kannada
- ಗಳಗಂಡ
More languagesFewer languages
- goitre in Punjabi
- ਗਿੱਲ੍ਹੜ gillhaṛ
- goitre in Sanskrit
- गलगण्ड galagaṇḍa
- goitre in Tagalog
- bosyo
- goitre in Arabic
- تَضَخُّم الْغُدَّة الدَّرَقِيَّة
- goitre in Indonesian
- gondok
- goitre in Persian
- غمباد ġambâd, گواتر govâtr
- goitre in Thai
- คอพอก
- goitre in Vietnamese
- bướu
- goitre in Myanmar
- လည်ပင်းကြီးရောဂါ lanypang:kri:rau:ga
Forms of goitre
| plural | goitres |
|---|---|
| alternative form | goiter |
Origin of goitre
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”).
Words formed from goitre
Words that rhyme with goitre
Questions about goitre
- What does goitre mean?
- Goitre means an enlargement of the front and sides of the neck caused by inflammation of the thyroid gland.
- What is goitre in Hindi?
- Goitre in Hindi is गलगंड (galgaṇḍ). See Goitre meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is goitre?
- Goitre is a noun.
- How do you pronounce goitre?
- Goitre is pronounced /ˈɡɔɪ.tə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of goitre?
- The plural of goitre is goitres.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: goitre (page history and authors); गलगंड (Hindi) (page history and authors); goitre (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); goitre (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); goitre (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गलगण्ड (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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