gargouille
See also: gargouillé
French
Une gargouille de la Cathedrale d'Amiens
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaʁ.ɡuj/
Noun
gargouille f (plural gargouilles)
- gargoyle (of water pipe)
- gargoyle (of a building)
Descendants
- → Polish: gargulec
Verb
gargouille
- inflection of gargouiller:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “gargouille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gargouille.
Noun
gargouille f (invariable)
- (architecture) gargoyle (grotesque water spout)
- Synonym: gargolla