Gales

See also: gales, galés, galês, and galės

Asturian

Etymology

From Old English Wealas.

Proper noun

Gales m

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡales̺/ [ɡa.les̺]

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• Rhymes: -ales̺, -es̺
• Hyphenation: Ga‧les

Proper noun

Gales inan

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Declension

Declension of Gales (inanimate, ending in consonant)

	indefinite
absolutive	Gales
ergative	Galesek
dative	Galesi
genitive	Galesen
comitative	Galesekin
causative	Galesengatik
benefactive	Galesentzat
instrumental	Galesez
inessive	Galesen
locative	Galesko
allative	Galesera
terminative	Galeseraino
directive	Galeserantz
destinative	Galeserako
ablative	Galestik
partitive	Galesik
prolative	Galestzat

Derived terms

• galestar
• galesera

Central Nahuatl

Proper noun

Gales

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Galician

Etymology

From Old English Wealas.

Proper noun

Gales m

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Related terms

• galés

Old French

Etymology

From Old English Wealas.

Proper noun

Gales m (nominative singular Gales)

1. Wales (a medieval principality and region of the Kingdom of England)

Descendants

• Middle French: Galles
  • French: pays de Galles (see there for further descendants)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old English Wealas.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.liʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.les/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lɨʃ/

• Hyphenation: Ga‧les

Proper noun

Gales f

1. synonym of País de Gales: Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Derived terms

• Nova Gales do Sul

Spanish

Etymology

From Old English Wealas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡales/ [ˈɡa.les]
• Rhymes: -ales
• Syllabification: Ga‧les

Proper noun

Gales m

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Derived terms

• Nueva Gales

Related terms

• galés
• galesa

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Gales

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish Gales.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡales/ [ˈɡaː.lɛs]
• Rhymes: -ales
• Syllabification: Ga‧les

Proper noun

Gales (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish galés.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈles/ [ɡɐˈlɛs]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification: Ga‧les

Proper noun

Galés (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Welsh language

Noun

Galés (feminine Galesa, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. Welsh (person)

Further reading

• “Gales”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018