galon

See also: galón

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French gallon.

Noun

galon

1. gallon

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English gallon, from , 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”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon

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

Derived terms

• ginalon

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

1. gallon (unit of volume)

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Esperanto

Noun

galon

1. accusative singular of galo

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French

Etymology

From galonner (“to braid”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

galon m (plural galons)

1. braid
2. (military) stripe

Descendants

• → English: galloon
• → Italian: gallone

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lagon

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

gàlōn m (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

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Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Noun

galón

1. gallon

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)

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

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	galon
Definite accusative	galonu
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	galon	galonlar
Definite accusative	galonu	galonları
Dative	galona	galonlara
Locative	galonda	galonlarda
Ablative	galondan	galonlardan
Genitive	galonun	galonların

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡalɔn/

Noun

galon

1. Soft mutation of calon.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
calon	galon	nghalon	chalon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.