gallon

See also: Gallon

English

Etymology

From Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡælən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ælən

Noun

gallon (plural gallons)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
2. (Britain, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
3. (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
4. (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
5. (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).

   The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

Translations

a unit of volume used for liquids

• Bulgarian: галон m (galon)
• Cherokee: ᏑᏟᎶᏛ (sutlilodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加侖 (zh), 加仑 (zh) (jiālún)

• Czech: galon m
• Finnish: gallona (fi)
• French: gallon (fr)
• Galician: galón m
• German: Gallone (de) f
• Greek: γαλόνι (el) n (galóni)
• Irish: galún m
• Japanese: ガロン (garon)

• Korean: 갤런 (gaelleon)
• Macedonian: га́лон m (gálon)
• Maori: kārani
• Norman: gallon m (Jersey)
• Portuguese: galão (pt) m
• Russian: галло́н (ru) m (gallón)
• Spanish: galón (es) m
• Swahili: galoni (sw)
• Tagalog: galon
• Thai: แกลลอน (th)
• Turkish: galon (tr)
• Yiddish: גאַלאָן‏‎ m (galon)

a Gallon in the U.S. Customary System

• Bulgarian: галон m (galon)
• Cherokee: ᏑᏟᎶᏛ (sutlilodv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 加侖 (zh), 加仑 (zh) (jiālún)

• Czech: galon m
• Finnish: gallona (fi)

• German: Gallone (de) f
• Greek: γαλόνι (el) n (galóni)
• Japanese: ガロン
• Macedonian: га́лон m (gálon)
• Russian: галло́н (ru) m (gallón)
• Thai: แกลลอน (th)

a large quantity

• Thai: แกลลอน (th), ถัง (th) (tǎng)

Further reading

• gallon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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Etymology

From Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Noun

gallon m (plural gallons)

1. (Jersey) gallon

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Noun

gallon

1. gallon (a unit of volume)

   gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä

   if a gallon of gasoline reaches 3 dollars

References

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Declension

    declension of gallon

Nominative	gallon
Genitive	gallonnıñ
Dative	gallonga
Accusative	gallonnı
Locative	gallonda
Ablative	gallonnan