gal
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From gallon.
Noun[edit]
gal (plural gal or gals)
- Abbreviation of gallon.
Etymology 2[edit]
Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.
Noun[edit]
gal (plural gals)
- (colloquial) A young woman.
Usage notes[edit]
As with many colloquial terms relating to women (including, in some cases, "girl" itself), some may perceive the usage of this term to be derogatory. The word, however, is fairly neutral in and of itself.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Thesaurus:girl
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Shortened from galileo.
Noun[edit]
- A galileo (a unit of acceleration).
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.
Noun[edit]
gal (uncountable)
- The bodily fluid bile
Bouyei[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khaa), Zhuang ga.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gal (feminine gal·la, masculine plural gals, feminine plural gal·les)
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)
- Gaul (a person from Gaul)
Noun[edit]
gal m (uncountable)
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “gal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “gal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “gal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “gal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Chinese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Short for galgame, borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), which is wasei eigo (和製英語), from English gal + game.
Noun[edit]
gal
- (ACG, video games) galge (video or computer game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls)
- 推gal ― tuī gal ― to play galge
Danish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Danish galæn, from Old Norse galinn (“enchanted, mad”), a past participle of gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).
Adjective[edit]
gal (neuter galt, plural and definite singular attributive gale)
References[edit]
- “gale,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Norse gal (“shouting”), derived from the verb gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).
Noun[edit]
gal n (singular definite galet, plural indefinite gal)
- crow (the sound of a cock)
Inflection[edit]
References[edit]
- “gale,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
gal
- imperative of gale
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle Dutch galle, from Old Dutch galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō.
Noun[edit]
gal f (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: gal
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately from Latin galla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun[edit]
gal f (plural gallen, diminutive galletje n)
- A gall (abnormal growth on a plant caused by foreign organisms).
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Emilian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gals)
- A unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gala (“to crow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)
Declension[edit]
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun 1[edit]
gal f or m (genitive singular gaile, nominative plural gala)
- warlike ardor
- valor, fury
- vapor, steam
- boiling heat
- puff, whiff (of smoke, hot air)
- fit, bout, turn
- demand
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- láth gaile
- tuirbín gaile (“steam turbine”)
Noun 2[edit]
gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)
Declension[edit]
Mutation[edit]
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
gal | ghal | ngal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- "gal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “gal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “gal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Lithuanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
gál
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English gāl (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”)
Adjective[edit]
gal
- lascivious, lustful
- nawt ane euch fleschlich hondlunge, ah ᵹetten euch gal word ... — Ancrene Wisse, c1230
- Sweche pinen he þolien schal þat her wes of his fles ful gal And wolde louien his fleses wil. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300
- overly fond of
- Gripes freteþ hoere mawen And hoere inward everuidel, Ne be þe þarof no so gal, Eft hoe werpeþ al in al. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Middle English Dictionary, gol
Nalca[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal
Norwegian Bokmål[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old Norse galinn, from gala (“sing bewitching songs, in actuality bewitched by magical singing”)
Adjective[edit]
gal (neuter singular galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galere, indefinite superlative galest, definite superlative galeste)
Derived terms[edit]
- galehus
- galskap
- (insane; crazy): stormannsgal
- (with a very strong interest in): bilgal, fartsgal, guttegal, jentegal, sexgal
- (phrases): bære galt av sted, det er aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe, gå galt, riv ruskende gal, vill og gal
See also[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Related to the verb gale.
Noun[edit]
gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala or galene)
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
gal
- imperative of gale
References[edit]
- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From gala (“to howl”).
Noun[edit]
gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala)
Related terms[edit]
- galing f
Etymology 2[edit]
Abbreviation.
Proper noun[edit]
gal (upper case Gal)
- Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.
Etymology 3[edit]
Possibly from English. An abbreviation.
Symbol[edit]
gal
- symbol used to represent a gallon
Etymology 4[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb[edit]
gal
- imperative of gala
References[edit]
- “gal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams[edit]
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gals)
Related terms[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *gail.
Cognate with Old Saxon gēl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”). The Indo-European root may also be the source of Lithuanian gailùs (“sharp, biting”), Russian зело́ (zeló, “very”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gāl (comparative gālra, superlative gālost)
- wanton, lustful; wicked
- And se Iouis wearð swa swyðe gal þæt he on his agenre swyster gewifode.
- And Jove became so depraved that he married his own sister.
- (Wulfstan, De Falsis Deis)
Declension[edit]
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | gāl | gāl | gāl |
Accusative | gālne | gāle | gāl |
Genitive | gāles | gālre | gāles |
Dative | gālum | gālre | gālum |
Instrumental | gāle | gālre | gāle |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | gāle | gāla, gāle | gāl |
Accusative | gāle | gāla, gāle | gāl |
Genitive | gālra | gālra | gālra |
Dative | gālum | gālum | gālum |
Instrumental | gālum | gālum | gālum |
Descendants[edit]
Old French[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (oblique plural gaus or gax or gals, nominative singular gaus or gax or gals, nominative plural gal)
- A rock
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin [Term?].
Noun[edit]
Chemical element | |
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Ga | |
Previous: cynk (Zn) | |
Next: german (Ge) |
gal m inan
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Named in honour of Galileo Galilei
Noun[edit]
gal m inan
- A galileo
Declension[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun[edit]
gal
Further reading[edit]
- gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rohingya[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢 (gal) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Noun[edit]
gal (Hanifi spelling 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢)
Romagnol[edit]
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Noun[edit]
gal m (plural ghël)
- rooster (male domestic fowl)
- September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
- E’ gal
- The rooster
- E’ gal
- September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
Romanian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gali)
- a Gaul
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gali)
- (physics) unit of measurement of acceleration, equal to 1 centimeter per second squared
See also[edit]
Scottish Gaelic[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun[edit]
gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)
- verbal noun of gail (“cry, weep”)
- (act of) crying, wailing
- wail
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).
Noun[edit]
gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)
Mutation[edit]
Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
gal | ghal |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References[edit]
- “gal” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, →ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *galъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)
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Somali[edit]
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gal
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
gal
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Zou[edit]
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gal
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