say it: GEEL-guhd
gielgud is a noun meaning "English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)". It carries one recorded sense.
English actor of Shakespearean roles who was also noted for appearances in films (1904-2000)
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for gielgud come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.