geôle

French

Etymology

From Middle French geole, from Old French gaiole, from Vulgar Latin *caveola (perhaps through Medieval Latin gabiola), a diminutive of Latin cavea. The circumflex on the o is not etymological (no elided letter) and is probably to represent the vowel sound /o/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒol/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

geôle f (plural geôles)

1. jail, prison, gaol

See also

• prison

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• éloge, logée