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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic غُول (ḡūl, “ghoul, demon”).
Noun
goule f (plural goules)
- ghoul (spirit; ghost)
Etymology 2
From Old French goule which evolved into Modern French gueule, but has survived as a regional or informal variant. Compare Picard goule.
Noun
goule f (plural goules)
- (slang, dialectal, regional) Nonstandard form of gueule (“face; mouth”).
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Noun
goule f (plural goules)
- Alternative form of dgeule
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From Latin gula (“gullet, throat, palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).
Noun
goule oblique singular, f (oblique plural goules, nominative singular goule, nominative plural goules)
- mouth
c. 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
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