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

• “gaule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• algue
• légua
• lugea

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

• hyle
• raute
• rope
• skråle
• vræle

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