guède

See also: guede and guédé

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛd/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French guede, from Old French guesde, gaide, waisde, waide (“woad, dye made from woad extract”), borrowed from either Gothic: *𐍅𐌰𐌹𐍃𐌳𐍃 (*waisds) or Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, both from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz.

Noun

guède f (plural guèdes)

1. dyer's woad (plant Isatis tinctoria)

Adjective

guède (plural guèdes)

1. of a colour resembling the bluish tint extracted from woad; pastel blue

Etymology 2

See guéder.

Verb

guède

1. inflection of guéder:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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