gala

See also Gala, gaļa, gaļā, and γάλα

English

Etymology

From French gala or Italian gala.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

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• (US) IPA: /ˈgælə/, /ˈgeɪlə/

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Translations

festive

• Norwegian: galla (no) m

• Spanish: de gala (es)

Noun

gala (plural galas)

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

Translations

pomp, show or festivity

• Armenian: հանդես (hy) (handes)
• Finnish: gaala (fi)

• Spanish: gala (es) f; fiesta (es) f
• Swedish: gala (sv)

Anagrams

• agal, alga

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Verb

gala

1. to crow (of a chicken)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of gala

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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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

Verb

gala weak verb (third person singular past indicative galaði, supine galað)
gala strong verb (third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólum, supine galið)

1. (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
   • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)

     En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.

     Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

2. (intransitive) to cry, to scream

Conjugation

Originally a strong verb, but now most usually weak; the strong conjugation is mostly archaic or poetic, and is especially rare in the present tense.

gala — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að gala
supine (sagnbót)		galað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		galandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég gala	við gölum	present (nútíð)	ég gali	við gölum
	þú galar	þið galið		þú galir	þið galið
	hann, hún, það galar	þeir, þær, þau gala		hann, hún, það gali	þeir, þær, þau gali
past (þátíð)	ég galaði	við göluðum	past (þátíð)	ég galaði	við göluðum
	þú galaðir	þið göluðuð		þú galaðir	þið göluðuð
	hann, hún, það galaði	þeir, þær, þau göluðu		hann, hún, það galaði	þeir, þær, þau göluðu
imperative (boðháttur)	gala (þú)	galið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	galaðu	galiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

See also

• gaggalagú

Synonyms

• (scream): orga

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Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈɡal̪ˠə]

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

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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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gala f (plural gale)

1. bow (ornament on a dress etc)
2. bow tie (large)
3. frill (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)

Noun

gala m (invariable)

1. gala
2. festivity

Anagrams

• alga

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galaną, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰol-, *gʰel- (“to shout, charm away”).

Verb

gala

1. to sing
2. to crow
3. to chant (spells)

Descendants

• Danish: gale
• Faroese: gala
• Icelandic: gala

• Norwegian: gale
• Swedish: gala

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Spanish

Adjective

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

1. feminine form of galo

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Swedish

Noun

gala c

1. gala; festival

Declension

Declension of gala

	singular		plural
common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gala	galan	galor	galorna
genitive	galas	galans	galors	galornas

Derived terms

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

Verb

gala

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

   förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal

   before the cock crow ... And immediately the cock crew ... Before the cock crow (Matthew 26:34, 74, 75)

Conjugation

Conjugation of gala

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	gala	—
Present tense	gal	—
Past tense	gol	—
Supine	galit	—
Imperative	gal	—
Present participle	galande
Past participle	galen

Derived terms

• galning
• gola
• hanegäll