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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.
Synonyms[edit]
- See also Wikisaurus:girl
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 3[edit]
Shortened from galileo.
Noun[edit]
- A galileo.
See also[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Dutch; see below
Noun[edit]
gal (plural [please provide])
- The bodily fluid bile
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal f (uncountable)
- The bodily fluid bile
Anagrams[edit]
Emilian[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gala (“to crow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)
Declension[edit]
declension of gal
Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal f, 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]
Declension of gal
Derived terms[edit]
- láth gaile
- tuirbín gaile (“steam turbine”)
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| gal | ghal | ngal |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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Lithuanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
gál
Lojban[edit]
Rafsi[edit]
gal
Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English gāl (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”), see below.
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]
- 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]
- galen (Nynorsk)
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]
Verb[edit]
gal
- imperative of gale
References[edit]
- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Verb[edit]
gal
- imperative of gala
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal m (plural gals)
Related terms[edit]
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). 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 зело (zelo, “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]
| Weak | Strong | ||||||||||||
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| case | singular | plural | case | singular | plural | ||||||||
| m | n | f | m | n | f | m | n | f | |||||
| nominative | gāla | gāle | gāle | gālan | nom. | gāl | gāle | gāl | gāla, -e | ||||
| accusative | gālan | gāle | gālan | acc. | gālne | gāl | gāle | gāle | gāl | gāla, -e | |||
| genitive | gālan | gālra, gālena | gen. | gāles | gāles | gālre | gālra | ||||||
| dative | gālan | gālum | dat. | gālum | gālum | gālre | gālum | ||||||
| instrumental | gāle | ||||||||||||
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]
-
Audio (file)
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin
Noun[edit]
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Ga | Previous: cynk (Zn) |
| Next: german (Ge) | |
gal m inan
Declension[edit]
declension of gal
Etymology 2[edit]
Named in honour of Galileo Galilei
Noun[edit]
gal m inan
- A galileo
Declension[edit]
declension of gal
Etymology 3[edit]
see gala
Noun[edit]
gal
Rohingya[edit]
Noun[edit]
gal
- A mouth
Romagnol[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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]
Noun[edit]
gal m (genitive singular gail)
- verbal noun of gail
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *galъ.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)
Synonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Somali[edit]
Verb[edit]
gal
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
gal
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