gallon
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, 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 [Term?], 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 gillō (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gallon (plural gallons)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- (British, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
- The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
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Descendants[edit]
- → Cebuano: galon
- → Czech: galon
- → Portuguese: galão
- → Serbo-Croatian: galon
- → Swahili: galoni
- → Turkish: galon
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French[edit]
Noun[edit]
gallon m (plural gallons)
Further reading[edit]
- “gallon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
An internationalism via English gallon.[1]
Noun[edit]
gallon (plural gallonok)
- gallon (a unit of volume)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gallon | gallonok |
accusative | gallont | gallonokat |
dative | gallonnak | gallonoknak |
instrumental | gallonnal | gallonokkal |
causal-final | gallonért | gallonokért |
translative | gallonná | gallonokká |
terminative | gallonig | gallonokig |
essive-formal | gallonként | gallonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | gallonban | gallonokban |
superessive | gallonon | gallonokon |
adessive | gallonnál | gallonoknál |
illative | gallonba | gallonokba |
sublative | gallonra | gallonokra |
allative | gallonhoz | gallonokhoz |
elative | gallonból | gallonokból |
delative | gallonról | gallonokról |
ablative | gallontól | gallonoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
galloné | gallonoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
gallonéi | gallonokéi |
Possessive forms of gallon | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | gallonom | gallonjaim |
2nd person sing. | gallonod | gallonjaid |
3rd person sing. | gallonja | gallonjai |
1st person plural | gallonunk | gallonjaink |
2nd person plural | gallonotok | gallonjaitok |
3rd person plural | gallonjuk | gallonjaik |
Etymology 2[edit]
gall (“Gallic; Gaul”) + -on (“on”, superessive suffix)
Adjective[edit]
gallon
Noun[edit]
gallon
References[edit]
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
gallon m (plural gallons)
Tatar[edit]
Noun[edit]
gallon
- gallon (a unit of volume)
- gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä
- if a gallon of gasoline reaches 3 dollars
Declension[edit]
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singular | plural | |
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nominative | gallon | gallon |
genitive | gallon | gallon |
dative | gallon | gallon |
accusative | gallon | gallon |
locative | gallon | gallon |
ablative | gallon | gallon |
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- en:Units of measure
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- hu:Units of measure
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