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/

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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
• 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)
• Macedonian: га́лон m ‎(gálon)
• Russian: галло́н (ru) m ‎(gallón)

a large quantity

Anagrams

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External links

• Gallon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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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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Tatar

Noun

gallon

1. gallon (a unit of volume).

gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä = if gallon of gasoline reach 3 dollars [1].

Declension

    declension of gallon

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