gull

English

Gull.

Etymology

Probably from Breton gouelan.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡʌl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʌl

Noun

gull (plural gulls)

1. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the family Laridae.
2. (slang) A cheating trick; a fraud.
   • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act 2 Scene 3

     BENEDICK. [Aside] I should think this a gull, but that the white-bearded fellow speaks it: knavery cannot, sure, hide itself in such reverence.

3. One easily cheated; a dupe.

Synonyms

• (seabird): mew, seagull
• (dupe): See also Wikisaurus:dupe

Translations

seabird

• Afrikaans: meeu (af), seemeeu (af)
• Albanian: pulëbardha (sq)
• Arabic: نورس (ar) (nawras) m

  Egyptian Arabic: نورس (noras) m

• Armenian: ճայ (hy) (č̣ay), որոր (hy) (oror)
• Basque: kaio (eu), antxeta (eu)
• Belarusian: чайка (be) (čájka) f
• Breton: gouelan (br)
• Bulgarian: чайка (bg) (čájka) f
• Catalan: gavina (ca), gavià (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 海鷗 (cmn), 海鸥 (cmn) (hǎi'óu)

• Czech: racek (cs)
• Danish: måge (da)
• Dutch: meeuw (nl) f
• Esperanto: mevo (eo), laro (eo)
• Estonian: kajakas (et)
• Faroese: mási (fo), máur (fo) m, mávur (fo) m
• Finnish: lokki (fi)
• French: goéland (fr) m, mauve (fr) f, mouette (fr) f
• Friulian: cocâl, smurgnic
• Galician: gaivota papoia (gl) f
• Georgian: თოლია (ka) (t'olia)
• German: Möwe (de) f
• Greek: γλάρος (el) (gláros) m
• Guernésiais: maoue f
• Hungarian: sirály (hu)
• Icelandic: máfur (is) m
• Irish: faoileán (ga)
• Italian: gabbiano (it) m
• Japanese: 鴎 (ja) (かもめ, kamome), カモメ (ja) (kamome)
• Korean: 갈매기 (ko) (galmaegi)
• Ladin: gabian
• Latin: larus (la) m, mergus (la) m
• Latvian: kaija (lv) f

• Lithuanian: kiras (lt), mevas (lt)
• Low German: Mööv (nds) f, Meuv (nds) f, Meev (nds) f, (Lower Saxony) Meiw’ (nds) f, (Lower Saxony) Mööw’ (nds) f
• Lower Sorbian: ryborak, rybornik
• Luxembourgish: Méiw (lb) f
• Macedonian: галеб (mk) (gáleb) m
• Maltese: gawwija (mt)
• Navajo: tónteel tsídii
• Northern Sami: báiski
• Norwegian: måke (no) f
• Occitan: gavian (oc)
• Old English: mæw (ang)
• Polish: mewa (pl) f
• Portuguese: gaivota (pt) f
• Romani: chayka f, chirikli-mariaki f
• Romanian: pescăruș (ro)
• Romansch: muetta (rm)
• Russian: чайка (ru) (čájka) f
• Sardinian: cau marinu (sc), laru (sc), gavina (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: faoileag (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: галеб (sh) m

  Roman:galeb (sh) m

• Slovak: čajka (sk) f
• Slovene: galeb (sl) m
• Spanish: gaviota (es) f
• Swedish: mås (sv) c, trut (sv) c
• Turkish: martı (tr)
• Ukrainian: чайка (uk) (čájka) f, мартин (uk) (mártyn) m
• Upper Sorbian: tonuška (hsb) f
• Volapük: (♂♀) mev (vo), (♂) himev (vo), (♀) jimev (vo), (♂♀ offspring) mevül (vo), (♂ offspring) himevül (vo), (♀ offspring) jimevül (vo)
• Welsh: gwylan (cy)
• West Frisian: seefûgel (fy), meau (fy) f

External links

• Gull on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Larus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Larus

Verb

gull (third-person singular simple present gulls, present participle gulling, simple past and past participle gulled)

1. To deceive or cheat
   • 1819, John Keats, Otho the Great, Act IV, Scene I, verse 162-165

     […] speak your curses out

     Against me, who would sooner crush and grind

     A brace of toads, than league with them to oppress

     An innocent lady, gull an Emperor […]

2. (US, slang) To mislead
3. (US, slang) To trick and defraud

Derived terms

• gullible
• gullibility

Translations

to deceive or cheat

• Russian: обманывать (ru) (obmányvatʼ) n

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gull,from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [kʊtl]

Noun

gull n (genitive singular guls, uncountable)

1. gold
2. (in proverbs) richness, money, livestock
3. gold medal, first place (sports, etc.)

Declension

n9s	Singular
	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gull	gullið
Accusative	gull	gullið
Dative	gulli	gullinum
Genitive	guls	gulsins

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Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse gull (“gold”), from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kʏtl/
• Rhymes: -ʏtl

Noun

gull n (genitive singular gulls, plural gull)

1. (uncountable) gold
2. (countable) a cherished thing
3. (countable) a gold medal or prize
4. indefinite accusative singular of gull
5. indefinite nominative plural of gull
6. indefinite accusative plural of gull

Declension

declension of gull

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gull	gullið	gull	gullin
accusative	gull	gullið	gull	gullin
dative	gulli	gullinu	gullum	gullunum
genitive	gulls	gullsins	gulla	gullanna

Derived terms

• ekki er allt gull sem glóir
• glópagull
• gull af manni
• morgunstund gefur gull í mund

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse gull, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Noun

gull n (definite singular gullet; uncountable)

1. gold

Derived terms

• forgylt
• gullende
• gyllen

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gull and goll, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Noun

gull n (definite singular gullet; uncountable)

1. gold

Derived terms

• gullende

References

• “gull” in The Nynorsk Dictionary – Dokumentasjonsprosjektet.

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gulþą. Spelled as goll in the oldest manuscripts. Cognate with Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌻𐌸 (gulþ), Old English gold (English gold) and German Gold, Dutch goud.

Noun

gull n

1. gold

Descendants

Danish: guld Faroese: gull Icelandic: gull

Norwegian: gull Swedish: guld

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gull, from Proto-Germanic *gulþą.

Noun

gull n

1. (poetic, archaic) gold; standard Swedish guld

   Har du silver har du gull, / har du kistorna full?

   Do you have silver and gold, / are your treasure chests full? (song lyrics)

   Wilt thw wara tik sielffuir hull, / tw älska friiheet meer än gull (Old Swedish, poem by bishop Tomas, 1439)

   Vill du vara dig själver huld, / du älska frihet mer än guld (translated to standard Swedish)

   If you want to help yourself, you should love freedom more than gold

2. (colloquial) baby, darling, someone dear and cute (gullig), someone to cuddle (gulla med)

   mina små gull

   my little darlings

   Kom nu gullet, det är finfint väder ute

   Come on baby, it's a perfect sunny day

Declension

Declension of gull

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gull	gullet	gull	gullen
genitive	gulls	gullets	gulls	gullens