Galois
See also: galois
English
Proper noun
Galois
- A surname from French.
- French mathematician Évariste Galois
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French
Proper noun
Galois ?
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
Galois oblique singular, m (oblique plural Galois, nominative singular Galois, nominative plural Galois)
- Welsh person; Welshman
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Percevaus li Galois
- Perceval the Welshman
- Percevaus li Galois
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
- Sire, sachiez bien antreset
que Galois sont tuit par nature
plus fol que bestes an pasture
cist est ausi con une beste.- Sire, you know that we both know
That the Welsh are all by their nature
More insane than the beasts in the fields
And this one is as stupid as a beast.
- Sire, you know that we both know
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Declension
Declension of Galois
Descendants
- French: Gallois
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