galore

English

Etymology

From Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir, "enough, plenty", "till sufficiency, till plenty, till clarity'" (leor is the dative of léir "sufficiency, plenty, clarity").

Pronunciation

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• (GenAM) IPA: [ɡəˈloɹ], Australian IPA: [ɡəˈlo:]
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)

Adjective

galore (not comparable)

1. In abundance.

   After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.

Usage notes

• This adjective always appears after the noun.

Translations

in abundance

• Dutch: genoeg (nl) ,in overvloed (nl)
• Finnish: runsaasti (fi)
• French: pléthore (fr), en abondance (fr)
• German: im Überfluss (de) m

• Manx: dy liooar (gv)
• Russian: изобилие (ru) (izobílije) n, обилие (ru) (obílije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: obilje (sh), izobilje (sh), obilno (sh), izobilno (sh)
• Swedish: i överflöd (sv)

Anagrams

• gaoler, goaler