gargouillis
French, noun/ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji/
gargouillis is spelled G-A-R-G-O-U-I-L-L-I-S (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gargouillis is a French masculine noun meaning “rumble, rumbling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bruit que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille”.
What does gargouillis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerumble, rumbling
- 2
masculinegurgle, gurgling
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bruit que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille. 2. Gargouillement, bruits produits par le déplacement de liquides dans l’estomac et les intestins. 3. Bruit analogue à celui que fait l’eau en tombant d’une gargouille. 4. Bruit que fait l’eau qui bouillonne.
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.
How do you pronounce gargouillis?
- /ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji/
- \ɡaʁ.ɡu.ji\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gargouillis
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gargouillis in French?
gargouillis appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).