goule
French, noun/ɡul/
goule is spelled G-O-U-L-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 55,146th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Goule is a French feminine noun meaning “ghoul (spirit; ghost)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Génie dévorant, d’après les superstitions du Levant, les corps morts dans les cimetières, résurrectionniste”.
What does goule mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineghoul (spirit; ghost)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Génie dévorant, d’après les superstitions du Levant, les corps morts dans les cimetières, résurrectionniste. 2. Un des multiples monstres de rivières qu’on pensait sévir au Moyen Âge. 3. Vampire. 4. Serviteur d’un vampire.
noun: 1. Variante de gueule. 2. Bouche, visage.
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 goule
- goules plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce goule?
- /ɡul/
- \ɡul\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to goule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is goule in French?
goule 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).