goulag
French, noun/ɡu.laɡ/
goulag is spelled G-O-U-L-A-G (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written French, the 28,870th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goulag is a French masculine noun meaning “gulag” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Système concentrationnaire soviétique”.
What does goulag mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegulag
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Système concentrationnaire soviétique. 2. Camp de concentration en URSS. 3. Système concentrationnaire communiste, camp de concentration de prisonniers politiques d’un régime communiste autoritariste.
noun: 1. Police politique russe créée en juillet 1934 lors de la réorganisation de la Guépéou et de son rattachement au NKVD.
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 goulag
- goulags plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goulag?
- /ɡu.laɡ/
- \ɡu.laɡ\
- \gu.lag\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to goulag
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is goulag in French?
goulag appears 1.1 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).