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Is gaol a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word gaol is a Scrabble US word. The word gaol is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

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Is gaol a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word gaol is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

GAOL,GOAL,

3-letter words (5 found)

AGO,GAL,GOA,LAG,LOG,

2-letter words (5 found)

AG,AL,GO,LA,LO,

You can make 12 words from gaol according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of gaol

gaol

English

Etymology

From Middle English gayole, gaiol, gaylle, gaille, gayle, gaile, via Old French gaiole, gayolle, gaole, from Medieval Latin gabiola, for Late Latin caveola, a diminutive of Latin cavea (cavity, coop, cage). See also cage.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒeɪ(ə)l/
  • Rhymes: -eɪl

Noun

gaol (countable and uncountable, plural gaols)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:jail

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

gaol (third-person singular simple present gaols, present participle gaoling, simple past and past participle gaoled)

  1. (Commonwealth) Dated spelling of jail.

Translations

Usage notes

In British English, gaol was the more common published spelling between approximately 1730 and 1960, and is still preferred in proper names in some regions. Most Australian newspapers use jail, citing either narrower print width or the possibility of transposing letters in gaol to produce goal. By far the most common spelling in Canada is jail, but a handful of legal writers use gaol; see for example [1], para. 26.

References

Anagrams

  • algo-, Olga, gola, Gola, algo, Lago, goal, Galo

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish gáel (relationship), from Proto-Celtic *gailos (compare Lithuanian gailùs (compassionate), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gailjan, gladden), German geil (wanton)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ɡeːl̪ˠ/, [ɡëːə̯l̪ˠ]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ɡiːlˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡiːlˠ/, (older) /ɡɯːlˠ/

Noun

gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, nominative plural gaolta)

  1. relationship, kinship; kindred feeling
  2. relation, kin; relative
  3. relation between things, connection

Declension

Derived terms

  • salachar gaoil (distant relationship)
  • neasghaol (next of kin)
  • gaolmhar (associated; relative, related; cognate)

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gaol”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish gáel (relationship). Cognate with Irish gaol.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɯːl̪ˠ/
  • (Lewis) IPA(key): [kɯ̞ːl̪ˠ]
  • Hyphenation: gaol

Noun

gaol m (genitive singular gaoil, plural gaoil)

  1. love, affection
    Tha gaol agam ort.I love you. (literally, “is love at me on you”)
    Ghabh i trom ghaol air.She fell madly in love with him.
  2. love (object of love)

Usage notes

  • The love expressed by gaol is more intimate in nature than that of gràdh.

Declension

Derived terms

Mutation

References

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “gaol”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language[3], Stirling, →ISBN
  • Colin Mark (2003) “gaol”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 324

Toba Batak

Noun

gaol

  1. banana

References

  • Warneck, J. (1906). Tobabataksch-Deutsches Wörterbuch. Batavia: Landsdrukkerij, p. 70.

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