goule
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)