gueule
French, noun
gueule is spelled G-U-E-U-L-E (6 letters) and appears 62 times per million words in written French, the 1,363rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gueule is a French feminine noun meaning “gullet, snout, face (of an animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of gueuler. With an accent, gueulé is a different word: “past participle of gueuler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bouche chez les animaux carnassiers, chez certains poissons et certains gros reptiles”.
What does gueule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegullet, snout, face (of an animal)
- 2
feminineinformalmug (a person's face)
- 3
feminineinformalmouth
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of gueuler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bouche chez les animaux carnassiers, chez certains poissons et certains gros reptiles. 2. Bouche. 3. Visage. 4. Personne.
verb: 1. Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de gueule.
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 gueule
- gueules plural
- goule alternative France regional
- yeule alternative Quebec
- djeule alternative Louisiana
- guelemou alternative
- guélémou alternative
- gueulée feminine
- gueulés masculine plural
- gueulées feminine plural
- je gueule indicative present
- il/elle/on gueule indicative present
- que je gueule subjunctive present
- qu’il/elle/on gueule subjunctive present
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gueule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gueule in French?
gueule appears 62 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).