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Gogol

Gogol

See also: gogol and Gógol

English

Proper noun

Gogol

  1. A Russian and Ukrainian surname.

Derived terms

Translations

gogol

gogol

See also: Gogol and Gógol

English

Noun

gogol

  1. Misspelling of googol.

French

Etymology 1

From English googol.

Noun

gogol m ‎(plural gogols)

  1. googol

Etymology 2

From mongol.

Noun

gogol m, f ‎(plural gogols)

  1. (pejorative) douche bag
    Quelle gogole celle-là.

Etymology

From Russian Го́голь ‎(Gógolʹ) and Ukrainian Гоголь ‎(Hóhol’). The surname is from Ukrainian гоголь ‎(hóhól’, “common goldeneye, Bucephala clangula”) < Proto-Slavic *gogolĭ.

Compare Russian го́голь ‎(gógolʹ), Belarusian гогаль ‎(hóhal’), Old East Slavic гоголь ‎(gogol’), Polish gogol.

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