geôle
French, noun/ʒol/
geôle is spelled G-E-Ô-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 61,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geôle is a French feminine noun meaning “jail, prison, gaol” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Prison”.
What does geôle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininejail, prison, gaol
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Prison. 2. Endroit comparable à une prison par certains aspects, avec plus ou moins d'exagération. 3. La demeure du geôlier.
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 geôle
- geôles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce geôle?
- /ʒol/
- \ʒol\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to geôle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is geôle in French?
geôle appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).