gaulois

See also: Gaulois

French

Etymology

From Middle French, from Old French gualeis (“Welsh”) (compare Old French walois (“langue d'oil”)), from Frankish *walhisk (“Roman”), from Proto-Germanic *walhiskaz (“non-Germanic, foreign”). Cognate with Old High German walahisc (“Roman”), Old English wǣlisċ, wīelisċ (“foreign, Celtic”). More at Welsh, Gaul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡo.lwa/

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Adjective

gaulois (feminine gauloise, masculine plural gaulois, feminine plural gauloises)

1. Gaulish

Noun

gaulois m (uncountable)

1. Gaulish language

Further reading

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

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