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gules

Meaningthe throat

Common meaning: red in heraldry

Journey through time

  1. Latingula‘the throat’source
  2. Late Latingulesource
  3. Frenchgueulessource
  4. Middle Englishgouwlessource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsthe throat → red in heraldrygules‘red in heraldry’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin gula ‘the throat’.

Roots

  • gula Latin “the throat”

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