goule

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡul/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic غُول‎ (ḡūl, “ghoul, demon”).

Etymology 2

Old French goule which evolved into Modern French gueule, but has survived as a regional or informal variant. Compare Picard goule

Anagrams

• logue, logué

Further reading

• “goule” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Noun

goule f (plural goules)

1. Alternative form of dgeule

Alternative forms

• gole

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)

1. 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

   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence de la Griesche d'este:

     Ne boivent pas, chacuns le coule,
     Tant en antonnent par la goule