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gaulês

Portuguese, noun/ɡawˈle(j)s/

gaulês is spelled G-A-U-L-Ê-S (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 42,839th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gaulês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “habitante ou natural da Gália, antiga França”.

What does gaulês mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    Gaulish (of or relating to Gaul)

  2. 2

    French

noun

  1. 1

    masculineGaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France)

  2. 2

    masculineGaulish (extinct Celtic language spoken in Gaul)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. de ou relativo à Gália, antiga França 2. relativo ou pertencente a Gaula

noun: 1. habitante ou natural da Gália, antiga França 2. idioma da Gália 3. natural de Gaula ou seu habitante

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of gaulês

  • gaulesa feminine
  • gauleses masculine plural
  • gaulesas feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce gaulês?

  • Brazil /ɡawˈle(j)s/
  • Brazil [ɡaʊ̯ˈle(ɪ̯)s]
  • /ɡawˈle(j)ʃ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to gaulês

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is gaulês in Portuguese?

gaulês appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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