gauler

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French gauler (“to knock down with a pole”), from Old French gauler, wauller (“to fight with a pole”), from gaule, waulle (“long pole, rod”), from Frankish *walu (“stick”), from Proto-Germanic *waluz (“stick, root”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”). By surface analysis, gaule +‎ -er. More at gaule. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡo.le/ === Verb === gauler (transitive) to beat, beat down (with a pole) (transitive, colloquial) to catch Synonyms: attraper, prendre ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “gauler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012