gull

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. A seabird of the genus Larus or of the subfamily Larinae.
2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Cepora.

Verb

1. To deceive or cheat.
2. (US, slang) To mislead.
3. (US, slang) To trick and defraud.
4. (dialectal) To flatter, wheedle.

Verb

To sweep away by the force of running water; to carve or wear into a gully.

Concepts

mouette

goéland

mauve

pigeon

mouette rieuse

passer

dupe

duper

laridés

idiot

mettre

morue

Synonymes

seagull

dupe

fool

mew

cheat

deceive

swindle

trick

defraud

bilk

bamboozle

mug

hoodwink

sucker

sea gull

befool

cod

cozen

patsy

chump

mark

soft touch

fall guy

con

put one across

beguile

bird

🐦

common gull

delude

diddle

double-cross

finagle

gullible

prey

put on

rook

simpleton

slang

sufferer

take in

victim

victimize

put one over

be outwitted

be tricked

morosoph

sacrifice

scapegoat

corrupt

cockscomb

Traductions

gabbiano

gaviota

Möwe

meeuw

gaivota

γλάρος

gavina

Larus

dalgıç

gavian

martı

gavià

zeemeeuw

larus

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈɡʌl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à gallois: gwylan

Appartenant à cornique: goolan

Appartenant à breton: gouelan

Appartenant à ancien irlandais: faílenn

Appartenant à gaélique écossais: faoileag

Appartenant à français: goéland

Hérité de moyen anglais: golen

Hérité de moyen anglais: gole

Appartenant à Old Dutch: gulla

Appartenant à ancien français: goille

In summary

Inherited from Middle English gulle, from a Brythonic language (compare Breton gouelan, Welsh gwylan, and Cornish golan), from Proto-Brythonic *gwuɨlann, from Proto-Celtic *weilannā (“seagull”).
Cognate with Old Irish foílenn, Scottish Gaelic faoileag. Compare French goéland, a borrowing from Breton. Eclipsed Middle English lare (borrowed from Latin larus) and Middle English mewe (from Old English mæw).