gargouillement
French, noun/ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃/
gargouillement is spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written French, the 194,108th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gargouillement is a French masculine noun meaning “rumble, gurgle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau dans une gargouille et qui est produit par le déplacement de liquides…”.
What does gargouillement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerumble, gurgle
- 2
masculinerumbling, gurgling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau dans une gargouille et qui est produit par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gargouillement
- gargouillements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gargouillement?
- /ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃/
- \ɡaʁ.ɡuj.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gargouillement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gargouillement in French?
gargouillement appears about once in every 37 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).