gargouille

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See also: gargouillé

French

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Une gargouille de la Cathedrale d'Amiens

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gargouille f (plural gargouilles)

  1. gargoyle (of water pipe)
  2. gargoyle (of a building)
    • 1970, “J'habite en France”, in J'habite en France, performed by Michel Sardou:
      Y’en a qui pensent que le champagne / Sort des gargouilles de Notre-Dame
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Descendants

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  • Polish: gargulec

Verb

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gargouille

  1. inflection of gargouiller:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gargouille.

Noun

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gargouille f (invariable)

  1. (architecture) gargoyle (grotesque water spout)
    Synonyms: gargolla, garguglia