goule
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See also: gōulè
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Borrowed from Arabic غُول (ḡūl, “ghoul, demon”).
Noun[edit]
goule f (plural goules)
- ghoul (spirit; ghost)
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old French goule which evolved into Modern French gueule, but has survived as a regional or informal variant. Compare Picard goule.
Noun[edit]
goule f (plural goules)
Further reading[edit]
- “goule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Norman[edit]
Noun[edit]
goule f (plural goules)
- Alternative form of dgeule
Derived terms[edit]
- bailleux d'goule (“chatterbox”)
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin gula (“gullet, throat, palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).
Noun[edit]
goule oblique singular, f (oblique plural goules, nominative singular goule, nominative plural goules)
- mouth
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- De cel dragon dui rai issoient
Qui par la gole fors sailloient- Two rays came out of this dragon
Out of its mouth
- Two rays came out of this dragon
- c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence de la Griesche d'este:
- Ne boivent pas, chacuns le coule,
Tant en antonnent par la goule- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants[edit]
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