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English
Noun
gola (plural golas )
Alternative form of golah
Anagrams
Asturian
Verb
gola
inflection of golar :
third-person singular present indicative
second-person singular imperative
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan gola , from Latin gula , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ( “ throat ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gola f (plural goles )
throat
Synonym: gorja
maw ( mouth of a beast )
ficar-se a la gola del llop ― to put oneself in extreme danger
gorget ( a piece of armour )
Synonym: gorjal
gluttony
slough , bayou
inlet
Synonym: grau
( art ) ogee
Derived terms
References
Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Inherited from Latin gula .
Noun
gola f (plural goles ) ( ORB, broad )
snout
References
gueule in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
gola in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese *goella , from Latin *gulella , from gula , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ( “ throat ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gola f (plural golas )
throat
Synonyms: garganta , gorxa
References
“gola ”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy , 2012 –2024
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006 –2013 ), “gola ”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language ] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , Ernesto Xosé González Seoane , María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003 –2018 ), “gola ”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014 –2024 ), “gola ”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega , →ISSN
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse gola , gula , gol ( “ a breeze ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
gola f (genitive singular golu , nominative plural golur )
breeze
Declension
Declension of gola (feminine )
Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Noun
gola m (genitive singular gola , nominative plural golaí )
( anatomy ) orifice
Declension
Etymology 2
Noun
gola m sg
genitive singular of gol ( “ weeping, crying ” )
Mutation
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin gula , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ( “ throat ” ) .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡo.la/
Rhymes: -ola
Hyphenation: gó‧la
Noun
gola f (plural gole )
throat
gluttony , greed : one of i sette peccati capitali
gorge , defile
stack , flue
Further reading
gola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line , Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams
Ladin
Etymology
From Latin gula .
Noun
gola f (plural goles )
( Gherdëina ) craving
Śën ei la gola de na pizza. Now I have a craving for pizza.
Lindu
Noun
gola
sugar
Lower Sorbian
Noun
gola f
Superseded spelling of góla .
Occitan
Etymology
Cognate with French gueule . From Latin gula .
Pronunciation
Noun
gola f (plural golas )
snout , face
opening
( colloquial ) mouth
References
Polish
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡɔ.la/
Rhymes: -ɔla
Syllabification: go‧la
Noun
gola
genitive / accusative singular of gol
Portuguese
gola on Portuguese Wikipedia
gola
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese gola , from Latin gula , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ( “ throat ” ) . Doublet of gula .
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -ɔlɐ
Hyphenation: go‧la
Noun
gola f (plural golas )
collar
cornice
Further reading
“gola ” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo , 1913
Rohingya
Noun
gola
neck
Spanish
gola on Spanish Wikipedia
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish gola , from Latin gula , from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- ( “ throat ” ) . Doublet of the borrowing gula .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈɡola/
Rhymes: -ola
Syllabification: go‧la
Noun
gola f (plural golas )
throat
collar
( clothing ) ruff
( architecture ) cornice
( geography ) canal
( archaic ) gorget ( a piece of armor for the throat )
Further reading
Swedish
Etymology
From Tavringer Romani gola ( “ shout, scream ” ) . Attested since the late 1960s.
Verb
gola (present golar , preterite golade , supine golat , imperative gola )
( slang , sometimes with ner ( “ down ” ) ) to snitch , to rat out
Synonym: tjalla
Jag tror jag vet vem det var som golade I think I know who ratted us out
gola ner någonrat someone out
Conjugation
Conjugation of gola (weak)
Derived terms
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