goéland
French, noun/ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃/
goéland is spelled G-O-É-L-A-N-D (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 62,878th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goéland is a French masculine noun meaning “gull, herring gull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Grand oiseau palmipède marin”.
What does goéland mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegull, herring gull
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Grand oiseau palmipède marin.
noun: 1. Orthographe désuète de goéland.
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 goéland
- goélands plural
- goélande feminine
- goëland alternative archaic
- goëlands plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goéland?
- /ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃/
- \ɡɔ.e.lɑ̃\
- \ɡɔ.ɛ.lɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to goéland
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is goéland in French?
goéland appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).