gargoyle
Meaning of gargoyle
noun
a grotesque carved human or animal face or figure projecting from the gutter of a building, typically acting as a spout to carry water clear of a wall.
Middle English: from Old French gargouille ‘throat’, also ‘gargoyle’ (because of the water passing through the throat and mouth of the figure); related to Greek gargarizein ‘to gargle’ (imitating the sounds made in the throat).
Information about gargoyle
- It is a name.
- The plural form of gargoyle is: gargoyles.
- Languages in which gargoyle is used:
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Hyphenation of gargoyle
gar-goyle
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- gargoyle is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Translation of gargoyle
- German: Hexe, Wasserspeier
- Spanish: bruja, gárgola
- French: cageot, thon, guenon, gargouille
- Portuguese: estupor, gárgula
- Italian: racchia, befana, gargouille, gargolla
Words that rhyme with gargoyle
Boyle, O'Boyle, Coyle, recoyle, Doyle, foyle, goyle, gurgoyle, Hoyle, hoyle, Moyle, moyle, smoyle, butanoyle, scroyle, soyle, requoyle
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