gargouille

common nounproper noun

from Old French gargouille, gargoule "throat, spout", composed of garg- (cf. jargon), from Late Latin gargarizare, itself derived from Ancient Greek γαργαρίζειν gargarízein (to gargle), and -goule, see gueule.

Definitions

architecture
arts

Plural

gargouilles

Translations

  • germangerman:Wasserspeier
  • englishenglish:gargoyle
  • arabicarabic:غرغول
  • chinesechinese:滴水嘴兽
  • danishdanish:gargoil
  • finnishfinnish:gargoili
  • hebrewhebrew:גרגויל
  • italianitalian:doccione
  • japanesejapanese:鬼瓦
  • dutchdutch:waterspuwer
  • polishpolish:rzygacz
  • portugueseportuguese:gárgula
  • russianrussian:гаргулья
  • swedishswedish:vattenkastare
  • thaithai:ปนาลี
  • turkishturkish:gargoyle

See also

gargouillement (cn.) gargouiller (v.) gargouillis (cn.) gargouillette (cn.) gargoulette (cn.) gargouilles (v.)