gules
See also: gulēs
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French geule (“animal’s mouth, throat”) via Middle French geules. Compare with French gueules and Spanish gules.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -juːlz
Noun[edit]
gules (uncountable)
- (heraldry) Red, e.g. on a coat of arms, typically represented in engraving by vertical parallel lines.
Translations[edit]
blazoning term for red
Adjective[edit]
gules
- (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour red.
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The symbol of the Red Cross is a cross gules.
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1602, William Shakespeare, Hamlet, ii 2:
- Now is he total gules, horridly tricked
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Translations[edit]
heraldry, of the colour red
See also[edit]
- (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, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine (Category: en:Reds)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
gules m (uncountable)
- gules (colour)
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gules (plural gules)
- (heraldry) gules
Categories:
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Middle French
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Heraldic tinctures
- English adjectives
- English terms with usage examples
- en:Reds
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan uncountable nouns
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish adjectives
- es:Heraldry
