gaule
French, noun
gaule is spelled G-A-U-L-E (5 letters) and appears 5.0 times per million words in written French, the 11,195th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaule is a French feminine noun meaning “pole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gauler. With an accent, gaulé is a different word: “shaped, made (usually with qualifying word or phrase)”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Long bâton relativement flexible”.
What does gaule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepole
- 2
femininefishing pole
- 3
feminineslangboner
Il a la belle gaule.
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
slangshaped, made (usually with qualifying word or phrase)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Long bâton relativement flexible. 2. Bâton. 3. Petite branche de houx, houssine ou baguette très flexible servant à instruire ou à châtier les chevaux. 4. Manche de la ligne.
adjective: 1. Se dit pour décrire le physique d’un être humain : fait, proportionné.
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 gaule
- gaules plural
- gaulée feminine
- gaulés masculine plural
- gaulées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is gaule in French?
gaule appears 5.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).