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noun, masculine

gosier

/ɡo.zje/

noun, masculine/ɡo.zje/plural: gosiers

gullet, back of the throat, pharynx (the part of the throat leading to the esophagus); larynx, voicebox

Inherited from Old French geuse, josier, from Vulgar Latin *gusia or *gausia (compare Italian gozzo (“gizzard”), Friulan gose, Romanian guşă (“maw, gullet”)), from Late Latin geusiae, from Gaulish geusiae (compare Welsh gewai (“glutton”)).