gules

See also: gulēs and güləş

English

Alternative forms

• gu. or g. (in heraldic contexts)

Etymology

From Middle English goules, from Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules, Portuguese goelas and Spanish gules.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjuːlz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡjulz/, /ˈɡulz/
• Homophone: ghouls (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -uːlz

Noun

gules (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.

   gules:  

Derived terms

• guly

Translations

blazoning term for red

• Danish: rød (da)
• Dutch: keel (nl)
• Finnish: punainen (fi)
• French: gueules (fr) m
• German: Rot (de)
• Hindi: लाल (hi) (lāl)
• Italian: rosso (it)
• Macedonian: црвена f (crvena)
• Portuguese: goles (pt), vermelho (pt)
• Romanian: roșu (ro)
• Russian: че́рвлень (ru) (čérvlenʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвена f

  Roman: crvena (sh) f

• Slovak: červená
• Spanish: gules (es)
• Swedish: rött (sv) n

Adjective

gules

1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.

   The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.

   • 1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2:

     Now is he total gules, horridly tricked

   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     You know they still
     Call themselves Bulls, though thus degenerate,
     And everything relating to a Bull
     Is popular and respectable in Thebes.
     Their arms are seven Bulls in a field gules;
     They think their strength consists in eating beef,—

Translations

heraldry, of the colour red

• Bulgarian: червен (bg) (červen)
• Danish: rød (da)
• Dutch: rood (nl), keel (nl)
• Finnish: punainen (fi)
• French: gueules (fr)
• German: rot (de)
• Hungarian: vörös (hu)
• Italian: rosso (it)
• Macedonian: црвен m (crven)
• Polish: czerwony (pl)
• Portuguese: goles (pt)
• Romanian: roșu (ro)
• Russian: кра́сный (ru) (krásnyj), червлёный (ru) m (červljónyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: црвена f

  Roman: crvena (sh) f

• Spanish: gules (es)
• Swedish: röd (sv)

Noun

gules

1. plural of gule

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

	metals		main colours				less common colours
tincture	or	argent	gules	azure	sable	vert	purpure	tenné	orange	sanguine
depiction
roundel (in parentheses: semé):	bezant (bezanty)	plate (platy)	torteau (tortelly)	hurt (hurty)	pellet (pellety), ogress	pomme	golpe (golpy)	orange (semé of oranges)		guze (semé of guzes)
goutte (noun) / gutty (adj) thereof:	(goutte / gutty) d'or (of gold)	d'eau (of water)	de sang (of blood)	de larmes (of tears)	de poix (of pitch)	d'huile / d'olive (olive oil)
	special roundel	furs								additional, uncommon tinctures:
tincture	fountain, syke: barry wavy argent and azure	ermine	ermines, counter-ermine	erminois	pean	vair	counter-vair	potent	counter-potent	bleu celeste, brunâtre, carnation, cendrée (iron, steel, acier), copper, murrey
depiction

Anagrams

• Guels, glues, gusle, luges

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡu.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡu.les]

Noun

gules m (uncountable)

1. (heraldry) gules (colour)

Spanish

Adjective

gules (invariable)

1. (heraldry) gules

Noun

gules m (plural gules)

1. (heraldry) gules

Further reading

• “gules”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014