gaule
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French gaule, gaulle, from Old French gaule, waulle (“long pole, rod”), from Frankish *walu (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn, wind, roll”). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (walus, “staff, rod”), Old Norse valr (“round rod”), North Frisian waal (“rod, stick”), Old English walu (“ridge, bank, rib, comb of helmet, weal, mark of a blow”). More at wale, weal.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gaule f (plural gaules)
- (long) pole
- Synonym: perche
- fishing pole
- Synonym: canne à pêche
- (slang) boner
- Synonym: trique
- Il a la belle gaule. ― He's got a nice boner
- J’ai toujours une de ces gaules au réveil. ― I always have one of these erections when waking up.
Verb edit
gaule
- inflection of gauler:
Further reading edit
- “gaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gaule (imperative gaul, present tense gauler, simple past gaula or gaulet or gaulte, past participle gaula or gaulet or gault)
Synonyms edit
References edit
“gaule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gaule (imperative gaul, present tense gaular, simple past gaula, past participle gaula)
- e-infinitive form of gaula
Plautdietsch edit
Verb edit
gaule
- to be annoyed