godille
French, noun
godille is spelled G-O-D-I-L-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 115,758th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Godille is a French feminine noun meaning “sculling oar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of godiller. With an accent, godillé is a different word: “past participle of godiller”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Aviron placé à l’arrière d’un canot, d’une embarcation légère et qui les fait avancer par un mouvement…”.
What does godille mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesculling oar
- 2
femininewedeln
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of godiller
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Aviron placé à l’arrière d’un canot, d’une embarcation légère et qui les fait avancer par un mouvement spécial. 2. Technique de descente en ski, consistant à enchaîner des virages courts et serrés. 3. Mouvement de base en natation synchronisée. 4. Petit instrument de pêche en eau douce permettant d’animer un leurre recouvrant un hameçon.
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 godille
- godilles plural
- godillée feminine
- godillés masculine plural
- godillées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is godille in French?
godille 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).