"gargoyle" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡɑː.ɡɔɪl/ [UK], /ˈɡɑɹ.ɡɔɪl/ [US] Audio: en-us-gargoyle.ogg , en-au-gargoyle.ogg Forms: gargoyles [plural]
Etymology: From Old French gargouille. Doublet of gargle. The Académie Française suggests the first attestation as gargoule in 1294. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|gargouille}} Old French gargouille, {{doublet|en|gargle}} Doublet of gargle Head templates: {{en-noun}} gargoyle (plural gargoyles)
  1. A carved grotesque figure on a spout which conveys water away from the gutters. Translations (carved grotesque figure on a spout): gàrgola (Catalan), 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 雨漏 (yǔlòu) (Chinese Mandarin), chrlič [masculine] (Czech), gargoil [common-gender] (Danish), vandspyer [common-gender] (Danish), waterspuwer [masculine] (Dutch), gargojlo (Esperanto), veesüliti (Estonian), gargouille (Finnish), gargoili (Finnish), gargouille [feminine] (French), gárgola [feminine] (Galician), Wasserspeier (German), vízköpő (Hungarian), geargáil [feminine] (Irish), gargouille [feminine] (Italian), gargolla [feminine] (Italian), ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) (Japanese), гаргуйль (garguil) (Kazakh), 가고일 (gagoil) (Korean), silānus [masculine] (Latin), gargulec [masculine] (Polish), rzygacz [masculine] (Polish), gárgula [feminine] (Portuguese), gargui [neuter] (Romanian), горгу́лья (gorgúlʹja) [feminine] (Russian), гаргу́йль (gargújlʹ) [masculine] (Russian), гаргу́лья (gargúlʹja) [feminine] (Russian), gárgola [feminine] (Spanish), vattenutkastare [common-gender] (Swedish), spygatt [neuter] (Swedish), ปนาลี (Thai), çörten (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-gargoyle-en-noun-qHvH1MK8 Disambiguation of 'carved grotesque figure on a spout': 55 40 1 4
  2. Any decorative carved grotesque figure on a building. Categories (topical): Architectural elements, Architecture Synonyms (any decorative carved grotesque figure): grotesque, hunky punk Translations (decorative figure on a building): gàrgola [feminine] (Catalan), 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), gargojlo (Esperanto), gargouille [feminine] (French), gargolla [feminine] (Italian), ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) (Japanese), gargulec [masculine] (Polish), gárgola [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gargoyle-en-noun-VxC7WM9q Disambiguation of Architectural elements: 23 52 7 18 Disambiguation of Architecture: 23 52 7 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Kazakh translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 53 4 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 55 5 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 43 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 18 56 7 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 46 10 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 52 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 27 48 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 47 12 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 41 9 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 23 43 9 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 25 52 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 25 52 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Kazakh translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 25 52 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 43 7 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 24 42 9 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 25 52 8 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 60 7 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 23 45 9 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 23 43 10 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 23 45 9 23 Disambiguation of 'any decorative carved grotesque figure': 26 68 1 5 Disambiguation of 'decorative figure on a building': 40 56 2 3
  3. A fictional winged monster. Translations (fictional winged creature): gàrgola [feminine] (Catalan), 石像鬼 (shíxiàngguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), gargoili (Finnish), ガーゴイル (gāgoiru) (Japanese), горгу́лья (gorgúlʹja) [feminine] (Russian), гаргу́лья (gargúlʹja) [feminine] (Russian), gárgola [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-gargoyle-en-noun-B9xuJrjt Disambiguation of 'fictional winged creature': 6 7 80 7
  4. (derogatory) An ugly woman. Tags: derogatory Synonyms (ugly woman): crone, hag Translations (pejorative slang: an ugly woman): noita (Finnish), гры́мза (grýmza) [feminine] (Russian), кики́мора (kikímora) [feminine] (Russian), мы́мра (mýmra) [feminine] (Russian), карга́ (hag) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-gargoyle-en-noun-DWMrc4gP Categories (other): Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 32 7 44 Disambiguation of 'ugly woman': 3 4 1 92 Disambiguation of 'pejorative slang: an ugly woman': 4 3 1 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gargoylish

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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "grýmza",
      "sense": "pejorative slang: an ugly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гры́мза"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kikímora",
      "sense": "pejorative slang: an ugly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кики́мора"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mýmra",
      "sense": "pejorative slang: an ugly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мы́мра"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "hag",
      "sense": "pejorative slang: an ugly woman",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "карга́"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Académie Française",
    "gargoyle"
  ],
  "word": "gargoyle"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2013",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": kargá vs. hag",
  "path": [
    "gargoyle"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "gargoyle",
  "trace": ""
}

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