geôle
French
Etymology
From Middle French geole, from Old French gaiole, from Vulgar Latin *caveola (perhaps through a Medieval Latin gabiola), a diminutive of Latin cavea. The circumflex on the o is not etymological (no elided letter) and is probably to represent the vowel sound /o/.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒol/
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See also
Further reading
- “geôle” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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