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Goes

Goes

See also: goes, Góes, goês, gös, and Goes.

Dutch

Proper noun

Goes n

  1. A city in Zeeland, the Netherlands
  2. A surname — famously held by:
    1. Willem Goes (1611–1686), Dutch writer who wrote frequently under the pseudonym “Lucius Verus”

Descendants

goes

goes

See also: Goes, Góes, goês, gös, and Goes.

English

Verb

goes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of go

Noun

goes

  1. plural of go

Statistics

Most common English words before 1923: born · somewhat · figure · #720: goes · youth · sudden · usual

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Cornish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *waytos. Cognate with Breton gwad and Welsh gwaed.

Noun

goes m

  1. blood

Mutation


Welsh

Pronunciation

  • (North Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔɨ̯s/
  • (South Wales) IPA(key): /ɡɔi̯s/

Noun

goes

  1. Soft mutation of coes.

West Frisian

Alternative forms

  • gâns
  • guos

Etymology

From Old Frisian gōs, from Proto-Germanic *gans, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. Compare North Frisian goos, English goose, Low German Gans, Goos, Dutch gans, German Gans, Danish gås.

Noun

goes c (plural guozzen or gies, diminutive guoske)

  1. goose