gala

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Anagrams 2 Faroese 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Verb 2.2.1 Conjugation 3 Icelandic 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Etymology 3.3 Verb 3.3.1 See also 4 Irish 4.1 Pronunciation 4.2 Noun 5 Italian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Noun 6 Old Norse 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Verb 6.2.1 Descendants 7 Spanish 7.1 Adjective 8 Swedish 8.1 Noun 8.1.1 Derived terms 8.2 Verb 8.2.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə
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[edit] Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. (countable) A showy and festive party.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aagl
• agal
• alga

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

[edit] Verb

gala

1. to crow (chicken)

[edit] Conjugation

gala, v-58
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
Indicative	eg	tú	hann / hon tað	vit, tit, teir / tær / tey tygum
Present	gali	gelur	gelur	gala
Past	gól	gól(st)	gól	gólu
Imperative		tú		tit
Present	—	gal !	—	galið !
Infinitive	gala
Pres. part.	galandi
Past part. a26	galin
Supine	galið

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[edit] Icelandic

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈkaːla]

  Rhymes: -aːla

[edit] Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

[edit] Verb

gala (weak conjugation: galaði – galað or strong conjugation: gól – gólum – galið)

1. to crow

[edit] See also

• gaggalagú

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[edit] Irish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡal̪ˠə]

[edit] Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
gala	ghala	ngala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡaː.la], /ˈɡala/, SAMPA: /"gala/

[edit] Noun

gala f. (plural gale)

1. bow (ornament on a dress etc)
2. bow tie (large)

gala m. inv.

1. gala
2. festivity

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[edit] Old Norse

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galan, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan.

[edit] Verb

gala

1. to crow
2. to chant

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Danish: gale Faroese: gala Icelandic: gala

Norwegian: gale Swedish: gala

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

gala f. (masculine galo, feminine plural galas, masculine plural galos)

1. Feminine form of galo.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Noun

Inflection for gala	Singular		Plural
common	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Base form	gala	galan	galor	galorna
Possessive form	galas	galans	galors	galornas

gala c.

1. gala; festival

[edit] Derived terms

• popgala
• rockgala
• tv-gala
• insamlingsgala
• galamiddag

[edit] Verb

Conjugations of gala
Infinitive	gala
Present tense	gal
Past tense	gol
Supine	galit
Imperative	gal
Present participle	galande
Past participle	galen

gala

1. to make a sound characteristic of a rooster; to crow

[edit] Derived terms

• gola