gules

See also: gulēs

English

Alternative forms

• gu. or g. (in heraldic contexts)

Etymology

From Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjuːlz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjulz/, /ˈɡulz/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -uːlz

Noun

gules (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

   gules:  

2. plural of gule

Translations

blazoning term for red

• Danish: rød (da)
• Dutch: keel (nl)
• Finnish: punainen (fi)
• French: gueules (fr) m
• German: Rot (de)
• Hindi: लाल (hi) (lāl)
• Italian: rosso (it)
• Macedonian: црвена f (crvena)
• Portuguese: goles (pt), vermelho (pt)

• Romanian: roșu (ro)
• Russian: че́рвлень (ru) (čérvlenʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвена f

  Roman: crvena (sh) f

• Slovak: červená
• Spanish: gules (es)

Adjective

gules

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.

   The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2:

     Now is he total gules, horridly tricked

   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     You know they still
     Call themselves Bulls, though thus degenerate,
     And everything relating to a Bull
     Is popular and respectable in Thebes.
     Their arms are seven Bulls in a field gules;
     They think their strength consists in eating beef,—

Translations

heraldry, of the colour red

• Bulgarian: червен (bg) (červen)
• Danish: rød (da)
• Dutch: rood (nl), keel (nl)
• Finnish: punainen (fi)
• French: gueules (fr)
• German: rot (de)
• Hungarian: vörös (hu)
• Italian: rosso (it)
• Macedonian: црвен m (crven)

• Polish: czerwony (pl)
• Portuguese: goles (pt)
• Romanian: roșu (ro)
• Russian: кра́сный (ru) (krásnyj), червлёный (ru) m (červljónyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвена f

  Roman: crvena (sh) f

• Spanish: gules (es)
• Swedish: rött (sv)

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Anagrams

• Guels, glues, gusle, luges

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.ləs/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡu.les/

Noun

gules m (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules (colour)

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Spanish

Adjective

gules (invariable)

1. (heraldry) gules

Noun

gules m (plural gules)

1. (heraldry) gules

Further reading

• “gules” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.