gal

See also: gal., Gal, GAL, Gal., -gal, gal-, and gäl

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

From gallon.

Noun

gal (plural gal or gals)

1. A gallon.

Etymology 2

Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.

Noun

gal (plural gals)

1. (colloquial, dated) An adolescent girl or young woman.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:girl

Derived terms

• attagal
• galpal

Etymology 3

Shortened from galileo

Noun

gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)

1. A galileo.

Anagrams

• AGL, GLA, lag

See also

• guy

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch see below

Noun

gal (^??? please provide the plural!)

1. The bodily fluid bile

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

gal f (uncountable)

1. The bodily fluid bile

Anagrams

• alg, lag

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Icelandic

Etymology

From gala (“to crow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)

1. crowing (of a rooster)
2. yelling

Declension

declension of gal

n-s	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	gal	galið
accusative	gal	galið
dative	gali	galinu
genitive	gals	galsins

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): [ɡɑl̪ˠ]
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): [ɡal̪ˠ]

Noun

gal f, m (genitive gaile, nominative plural gala)

1. warlike ardor
2. valor, fury
3. vapor, steam
4. boiling heat
5. puff, whiff (of smoke, hot air)
6. fit, bout, turn
7. demand

Declension

Declension of gal

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative gal gala Vocative a ghal a ghala Genitive gaile gal Dative gal gala

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ghal na gala Genitive na gaile na ngal Dative leis an ngal don ghal leis na gala

Derived terms

• láth gaile

Mutation

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [gaːl]

Conjunction

gál

1. maybe, perhaps

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Lojban

Rafsi

gal

1. rafsi of galtu.

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• gol

Etymology

From Old English gāl (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”), see below.

Adjective

gal

1. 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

2. 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

• galich, gollich — lustful, lascivious
• galnesse, golnesse — lustfulness, lasciviousness

References

• Middle English Dictionary, gol

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Nalca

Noun

gal

1. tree

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse galinn, from gala (“sing bewitching songs, in actuality bewitched by magical singing”)

Adjective

gal (masculine gal; feminine gal; neuter galt; plural gale; comparative galere; superlative galest)

1. insane; crazy; out of one's mind; mad
2. incorrect; erroneous; wrong; illegal; morally reproachable

Derived terms

• (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

Noun

gal m (definite singular galen; indefinite plural galer; definite plural galene)

1. (instance of) rooster's crowing

Derived terms

• hanegal

Related terms

• nattergal

Verb

gal

1. Imperative of gale

References

• “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡal]

Noun

gal m (plural gals)

1. A cock, rooster

Related terms

• galhar
• galina

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Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːl/

Adjective

gāl (comparative gālra, superlative gālost)

1. 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

Weak							Strong
	singular			plural				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

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Old French

Noun

gal m (oblique plural gals, nominative singular gals or gax or gaus, nominative plural gal)

1. A rock

Descendants

• galet m
• galette f

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

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Polish

Wikipedia ^pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Latin

Noun

gal m

1. gallium

Declension

    declension of gal

	singular only
nominative	gal
genitive	galu
dative	galowi
accusative	gal
instrumental	galem
locative	galu
vocative	galu

Etymology 2

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

Noun

gal m

1. A galileo

Declension

    declension of gal

	singular	plural
nominative	gal	gale
genitive	gala	gali
dative	galowi	galom
accusative	gal	gale
instrumental	galem	galami
locative	galu	galach
vocative	galu	gale

Etymology 3

see gala

Noun

gal

1. genitive plural of gala

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Rohingya

Noun

gal

1. A mouth

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Romagnol

FWOTD - 21 April 2013

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡal/

Noun

gal m (plural ghël)

1. rooster (male domestic fowl)
   • September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:

     E’ gal

     The rooster

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

Noun

gal m (plural gali)

1. a Gaul

Etymology 2

From French gal.

Noun

gal m (plural gali)

1. (physics) unit of measurement of acceleration, equal to 1 centimeter per second squared

See also

• gâl

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

gal m (genitive gail)

1. Verbal noun of gail.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• gȃo

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *galъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡâːl/
• Hyphenation: gal

Adjective

gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)

1. (dated) black, dark (physical attributes)
2. (dated) dark fur

Synonyms

• cȓn
• mȑk

Derived terms

• gàljan

Related terms

• gȁlica

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Swedish

Verb

gal

1. present tense of gala.
2. imperative of gala.