gargoyle

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• UK: /ˈɡɑːɡɔɪl/
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• US: /ˈɡɑɹɡɔɪl/
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From Old French gargouille, from Latin. Doublet of gargle. The Académie Française suggests the first attestation as gargoule in 1294.

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: gàrgola — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Chinese Mandarin: 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Chinese Mandarin: 雨漏 (yǔlòu) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Czech: chrlič — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Danish: gargoil — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Danish: vandspyer — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Dutch: waterspuwer — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Esperanto: gargojlo — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Estonian: veesüliti — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Finnish: gargouille — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Finnish: gargoili — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• French: gargouille — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Galician: gárgola — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Georgian: გარგულია (gargulia) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Georgian: გარგოლია (gargolia) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• German: Wasserspeier — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Hungarian: vízköpő — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Irish: geargáil — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: gargoyle — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: gargouille — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: gargolla — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: garguglia — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: doccione — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Italian: grondone — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Japanese: ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Kazakh: гаргуйль (garguil) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Korean: 가고일 (gagoil) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Latin: silānus — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Polish: gargulec — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Polish: rzygacz — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Portuguese: gárgula — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Romanian: gargui — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Russian: горгу́лья (gorgúlʹja) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Russian: гаргу́йль (gargújlʹ) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Russian: гаргу́лья (gargúlʹja) — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Spanish: gárgola — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Swedish: vattenkastare — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Swedish: spygatt — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Thai: ปนาลี — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Turkish: çörten — carved grotesque figure on a spout
• Catalan: gàrgola — decorative figure on a building
• Chinese Mandarin: 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) — decorative figure on a building
• Esperanto: gargojlo — decorative figure on a building
• French: gargouille — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: gargoyle — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: gargouille — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: gargolla — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: garguglia — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: doccione — decorative figure on a building
• Italian: grondone — decorative figure on a building
• Japanese: ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) — decorative figure on a building
• Polish: gargulec — decorative figure on a building
• Spanish: gárgola — decorative figure on a building
• Catalan: gàrgola — fictional winged creature
• Chinese Mandarin: 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) — fictional winged creature
• Finnish: gargoili — fictional winged creature
• Japanese: ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) — fictional winged creature
• Polish: gargulec — fictional winged creature
• Russian: горгу́лья (gorgúlʹja) — fictional winged creature
• Russian: гаргу́лья (gargúlʹja) — fictional winged creature
• Spanish: gárgola — fictional winged creature
• Finnish: noita — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Polish: czarownica — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Polish: wiedźma — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Russian: гры́мза (grýmza) — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Russian: кики́мора (kikímora) — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Russian: мы́мра (mýmra) — pejorative slang: an ugly woman
• Russian: карга́ (hag) — pejorative slang: an ugly woman