gélule
French, noun/ʒe.lyl/
gélule is spelled G-É-L-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written French, the 84,649th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gélule is a French feminine noun meaning “capsule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Capsule gélatineuse formée de deux parties emboîtées l’une dans l’autre, destinée à contenir une poudre…”.
What does gélule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecapsule
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Capsule gélatineuse formée de deux parties emboîtées l’une dans l’autre, destinée à contenir une poudre médicamenteuse en vue de son absorption par voie orale.
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 gélule
- gélules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gélule?
- /ʒe.lyl/
- \ʒe.lyl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gélule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gélule in French?
gélule appears about once in every 7 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).