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Gaule

Gaule

See also: gaule, gaulé, and Gäule

French

Proper noun

Gaule f

  1. Gaul, former name of France.

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Anagrams

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French Gaule, Waulle, of Frankish origin.

Proper noun

Gaule f

  1. Gaul (former name of France)

Descendants

gaule

gaule

See also: Gaule, gaulé, and Gäule

French

Noun

gaule f ‎(plural gaules)

  1. (long) pole
  2. fishing rod
  3. (slang) boner

Verb

gaule

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

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gaula

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /gæʉ.le/, [ˈgæu̯.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

Etymology

From Old Norse gaula

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /gæʉ.le/, [ˈgæu̯.lə]

Verb

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

  1. to yell, bellow
  2. to howl

Synonyms

References

“gaule” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Plautdietsch

Verb

gaule

  1. to be annoyed

Etymology

From Middle French Gaule, from Old French Gaule, Waulle ‎(“Gaul”), from Frankish *Walhaland ‎(“Gaul”, literally “land of the Romans or foreigners”), from *Walha ‎(“foreigners, Romans, Celts”), from Proto-Germanic *walhaz ‎(“outlander, foreigner, Celt”), probably of Celtic origin, from the same source as Latin Volcae ‎(name of a Celtic tribe in Southern Germany, which later emmigrated to Gaul). Cognate with Old High German Walh, Walah ‎(“Celt, Roman, Gaul”), Old English Wealh, Walh ‎(“a non-germanic foreigner, Celt”), Old Norse Valir ‎(“Gauls, Frenchmen”). More at Wales, Cornwall, Walloon.

Despite their similar appearance, Latin Gallia is probably not the origin of French Gaule; the similarity is purely coincidental. According to regular sound changes in the development of Old French, Latin g before a becomes j (compare gamba, whence jambe), and the i of terminal -ia transpositions to the preceding syllable (compare gloire from gloria). Thus, the regular outcome of Latin Gallia is Jaille, a component still seen in several French placenames (e.g. La Jaille-Yvon, Saint-Mars-la-Jaille, etc).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡol/

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