goule
See also: gōulè
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡul/
Etymology 2
Old French goule which evolved into Modern French gueule, but has survived as a regional or informal variant. Compare Picard goule
Further reading
- “goule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin gula (“gullet, throat, palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).
Noun
goule f (oblique plural goules, nominative singular goule, nominative plural goules)
- mouth
- circa 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
- circa 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 quote)
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