galon

See also: Galon and galón

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French galon.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gă-lôɴ′
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡæˈlɔ̃ː/, /ɡaˈlɔ̃ː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ɡæˈlɔ/, [ɡæˈlɔ̃], (cot–caught merger) /ɡæˈlɑ/, [ɡæˈlɑ̃]
• (Canada) IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡæˈlɒ̃/, (dialectal) /ɡæˈlɑ̃/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡæˈlõː/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ɡɛˈlõː/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɔ̃/
• (India) IPA^(key): (without the cot–caught merger) /ɡa(ː)ˈlɔ̃ː/, (cot–caught merger) /ɡa(ː)ˈlɔ̃/
• Rhymes: -ɔ̃ː
• Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (countable and uncountable, plural galons)

1. Alternative form of galloon.

Further reading

• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914), “galon, n.”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, revised edition, volumes II (D–Hoon), New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2443, column 2.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “galon, n.”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 2443, column 2.

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French gallon.

Noun

galon

1. gallon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English gallon, 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 *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧lon
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡɐˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galon

1. a gallon; a unit of volume equal to 3 pints
2. a jug

Derived terms

• ginalon

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧lon
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡaˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galón

1. gallon

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalon]

Noun

galon m inan

1. gallon (unit of volume)

Declension

Declension of galon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	galon	galony
genitive	galonu	galonů
dative	galonu	galonům
accusative	galon	galony
vocative	galone	galony
locative	galonu	galonech
instrumental	galonem	galony

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalon/
• Rhymes: -alon
• Syllabification: ga‧lon
• Hyphenation: gal‧o‧n

Noun

galon

1. accusative singular of galo

French

Etymology

From galonner (“to braid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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Noun

galon m (plural galons)

1. braid
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, chapter 5, in Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères, first part, page 46:

     Un papier jaune-serin, relevé dans le haut par une guirlande de fleurs pâles, tremblait tout entier sur sa toile mal tendue; des rideaux de calicot blanc, bordés d'un galon rouge, s'entrecroisaient le long des fenêtres, et sur l'étroit chambranle de la cheminée resplendissait une pendule à tête d'Hippocrate, entre deux flambeaux d'argent plaqué, sous des globes de forme ovale.

     A canary-yellow wallpaper, picked out in the top with a garland of pale flowers, trembled all over its loosely-stretched canvas; white calico curtains, edged with red braid, criss-crossed along the windows, and on the narrow mantelpiece a clock with a bust of Hippocrates shone resplendent between two plated silver candlesticks, under oval-shaped glass domes.

2. (military) stripe

Derived terms

• prendre du galon

Descendants

Descendants

• → Catalan: galó
• → English: galloon
  • → Irish: galún
• → Italian: gallone
• → Portuguese: galão
• → Romanian: galon
• → Spanish: galón
  • → Tagalog: galon
• → Vietnamese: ga-lông

Further reading

• “galon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• lagon

Indonesian

sense 2

Etymology

From Dutch gallon, from English gallon, 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 *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡalɔn]
• Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon)

1. gallon:
   1. exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
   2. 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
2. 5-gallon water jug

Derived terms

• bergalon-galon

Further reading

• “galon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gallon.

Pronunciation

• (Medan) IPA^(key): [ɡa.lɔn]
• Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon or galon²)

1. (Medan) gas station

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lɔn/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔn
• Syllabification: ga‧lon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon, from Late Latin galum, galus, from Vulgar Latin *galla, possibly from Gaulish *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Noun

galon m inan

1. gallon (unit of volume used for liquids)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon m inan (diminutive galonek or galonik)

1. (military) epaulette, shoulder broad, shoulder strap (military insignia)

   Synonyms: epolet, naramiennik, pagon, szlifa

Declension

Declension of galon

	singular	plural
nominative	galon	galony
genitive	galonu	galonów
dative	galonowi	galonom
accusative	galon	galony
instrumental	galonem	galonami
locative	galonie	galonach
vocative	galonie	galony

Derived terms

adjective

• galonowy

verb

• galonować

Further reading

• galon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• galon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon n (plural galoane)

1. gallon

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	galon	galonul		galoane	galoanele
genitive-dative	galon	galonului		galoane	galoanelor
vocative	galonule			galoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

gàlōn m inan (Cyrillic spelling га̀ло̄н)

1. gallon (a unit of volume)

Declension

Declension of galon

	singular	plural
nominative	gàlōn	galoni
genitive	galóna	galona
dative	galonu	galonima
accusative	galon	galone
vocative	galone	galoni
locative	galonu	galonima
instrumental	galonom	galonima

Swedish

Hon har på sig galonjacka och galonbyxor

barn i galonbyxor

Etymology 1

Genericized trademark from the brand name Galon.

Noun

galon n or c

1. thick plastic-coated fabric (used in for example rainwear and seats in vehicles)

Declension

Declension of galon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	galon	galons
	definite	galonet	galonets
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Declension of galon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	galon	galons
	definite	galonen	galonens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• galonjacka (“galon jacket”)
• galonbyxor (“galon trousers”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon c

1. (military) a stripe

Declension

Declension of galon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	galon	galons
	definite	galonen	galonens
plural	indefinite	galoner	galoners
	definite	galonerna	galonernas

References

• galon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• galon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡɐˈlon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧lon

Noun

galón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

1. gallon
2. chevron (insignia of military or police rank on the sleeve)
3. multi-gallon water container

Anagrams

• lango, lanog

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈɫon/
• Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)

1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids)

Declension

Declension of galon

	singular	plural
nominative	galon	galonlar
definite accusative	galonu	galonları
dative	galona	galonlara
locative	galonda	galonlarda
ablative	galondan	galonlardan
genitive	galonun	galonların

Welsh

Etymology 1

From gâl (“enemy”) +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːlɔn/, /ˈɡalɔn/

Noun

galon m pl

1. plural of gâl (“enemy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of galon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
galon	alon	ngalon	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɔn/

Noun

galon

1. soft mutation of calon (“heart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of calon

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
calon	galon	nghalon	chalon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.