Gallo

See also: gallo, gallò, gallo-, Gallo-, and Gällö

English

Etymology

• As an Italian and Spanish surname, from the noun gallo (“rooster”).
• Also as an Italian surname, from the personal name Gallo, from Latin Gallus (“a Gaul”). This is sometimes Americanized from Greek Γάλλος (Gállos). Compare Gallia.
• As a Breton surname, shortened from Le Gallo, a diminutive of Le Gall; compare Legall.
• (language): From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin Gallus.

Proper noun

Gallo (countable and uncountable, plural Gallos or Galloes)

1. A Romance language spoken in north-west France, see Gallo language.
2. (countable) A surname.
3. A brand of low-priced California wine.
   • 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, chapter 2, in A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN, page 43:

     "A few bottles of Gallo muscatel, and you with all them trinkets."

   • 2002, Elmore Leonard, Glitz‎^[1], page 1:

     But Vincent was carrying a sack of groceries. He wasn't going to drop a half gallon of Gallo Hearty Burgundy, a bottle of prune juice and a jar of Ragu spaghetti sauce on the sidewalk.

   • 2003, Rob Loughran, High Steaks‎^[2], page 108:

     On a good day he'd rip through several bottles of Gallo White Port and a fifth of bargain scotch. If he stumbled upon a twenty-dollar bill he would drink Irish whiskey.

   • 2004, Andrew Hartwood, Murder in Grosse Pointe: The 49th Grave‎^[3], page 26:

     I ate the result, drank some Gallo white and was ready to shout instructions and encouragement to Buddy Bell and the Tigers [...].

   • 2006, Tom Perrotta, Little Children, page 284:

     "I'll get it," she said. "I promised your mother I'd keep an eye on you." Yeah, right, Ronnie thought, you and the Gallo Brothers.

   • 2007, Joan Hess, Damsels in Distress, page 50:

     The last thing I wanted was to lapse into maudlin snuffling, or get stopped for driving while under the influence of the Gallo boys

Related terms

• Gallo-Roman

Translations

Romance language spoken in northwest France

• Breton: gallaoueg (br) m
• Catalan: galó (ca) m
• Esperanto: galoa, galoa lingvo (with the definite article la (eo))
• French: gallo (fr) m
• Gallo: galo
• German: Gallo n
• Irish: Gallóis f
• Spanish: galó m
• Swedish: gallo (sv)

Anagrams

• ALGOL, Algol, Golla

Italian

Alternative forms

• Galli (surname, central-northern origin)

Etymology

Uncertain. It is reminescent of Latin gallus (“rooster”) or of Gallus (“Gaul”). Depending on the region, it could represent the italianization of a local surname; compare, e.g., the Sicilian Gaḍḍu ~ Jaḍḍu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.lo/
• Rhymes: -allo
• Hyphenation: Gàl‧lo

Proper noun

Gallo m or f by sense

1. a surname

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.loː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɡal.lo]

Adjective

Gallō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of Gallus

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalːɔ/, [ˈɡalːɔ]
• Rhymes: -alːɔ
• Hyphenation: Gal‧lo

Proper noun

Gallo m pers (female equivalent Gallová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Gallo
(pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Gallo	Gallovia	Gallovci
genitive	Galla	Gallov	Gallovcov
dative	Gallovi	Gallom	Gallovcom
accusative	Galla	Gallov	Gallovcov
locative	Gallovi	Galloch	Gallovcoch
instrumental	Gallom	Gallami	Gallovcami

Further reading

• “Gallo”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From gallo (“rooster”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo]

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʝo/ [ˈɡa.ʝo] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʎo/ [ˈɡa.ʎo] (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʃo/ [ˈɡa.ʃo] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʒo/ [ˈɡa.ʒo] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

 

• Rhymes: -aʝo

• Rhymes: -aʝo (Equatorial Guinea, most of Latin America and Spain)
• Rhymes: -aʎo (Andes Mountains, rustic northern Spain, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -aʃo (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -aʒo (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: Ga‧llo

Proper noun

Gallo m or f by sense

1. a surname

Descendants

• → Tagalog: Gallo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Gallo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaljo/ [ˈɡal.jo]
• Rhymes: -aljo
• Syllabification: Gal‧lo

Proper noun

Gallo (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ᜔ᜌᜓ)

1. a surname from Spanish

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Gallo is the 842^nd most common surname in the Philippines, occurring in 11,085 individuals.