gaule

See also: Gaule, gaulé, Gäule, and gaulle

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French gaule, gaulle, from Old French gaule, waulle (long pole, rod), from Frankish *walu (stick), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (stick, root), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn, wind, roll). Cognate with Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌻𐌿𐍃 (walus, staff, rod), Old Norse valr (round rod), North Frisian waal (rod, stick), Old English walu (ridge, bank, rib, comb of helmet, weal, mark of a blow). More at wale, weal.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡol/

Noun

gaule f (plural gaules)

  1. (long) pole
    Synonym: perche
  2. fishing pole
    Synonym: canne à pêche
  3. (slang) boner
    Synonym: trique
    Il a la belle gaule.He's got a nice boner
    J’ai toujours une de ces gaules au réveil.I always have one of these erections when waking up.

Verb

gaule

  1. inflection of gauler:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gaula.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæʉ.le/, [ˈɡæu̯.lə]

Verb

gaule (imperative gaul, present tense gauler, simple past gaula or gaulet or gaulte, past participle gaula or gaulet or gault)

  1. to yell, bellow
  2. to howl

Synonyms

References

“gaule” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡœʊːlə/, /²ɡœʊːɽə/

Verb

gaule (imperative gaul, present tense gaular, simple past gaula, past participle gaula)

  1. e-infinitive form of gaula

Plautdietsch

Verb

gaule

  1. to be annoyed
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