galop

See also: gàlop and galöp

English

Etymology

From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.

Noun

galop (plural galops)

1. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
2. The music for a dance of this kind.

Verb

galop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopping, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)

1. To dance the galop.

Anagrams

• Gopal

Afrikaans

Etymology

From English gallop.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Verb

galop (present galop, present participle galoppende, past participle galop)

1. gallop

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from galopar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ɡəˈlo̞p]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ɡəˈlɔp]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡaˈlɔp]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

galop m (plural galops)

1. gallop (fastest gait of a horse)
2. (music) galop (country dance in 2/4 time)

Derived terms

• contragalop
• galop curt
• galop tirat

Further reading

• “galop”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Danish

Etymology

From French galop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡalɔp/, [ɡ̊aˈlʌb̥]

Noun

galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)

1. gallop
2. galop (dance)

Inflection

Declension of galop

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	galop	galoppen	galopper	galopperne
genitive	galops	galoppens	galoppers	galoppernes

Further reading

• “galop” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From galoper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lo/
• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
• Rhymes: -o, -ɔ
• Homophones: galops (general), gallo (form 1 only)

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

1. gallop

Derived terms

• au grand galop
• chassez le naturel, il revient au galop

Descendants

• → Danish: galop
• → English: galop
• → Italian: galop

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

Noun

galop m (invariable)

1. galop (originally German folk dance)

Further reading

• galop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Galopp, from French galop.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lɔp/

• (Masovia):
  • (Łowicz) IPA^(key): [ˈɡa.lɔp]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -alɔp
• Syllabification: ga‧lop

Noun

galop m inan (diminutive galopek)

1. canter (three-beat horse gait)
2. (colloquial) fast run of a person
3. (colloquial) very rapid pace of changes

Declension

Declension of galop

	singular
nominative	galop
genitive	galopu
dative	galopowi
accusative	galop
instrumental	galopem
locative	galopie
vocative	galopie

Noun

galop m inan

1. (historical) galop (lively French country dance of the nineteenth century)
2. (historical, music) galop (music for a dance of this kind)

Declension

Declension of galop

	singular	plural
nominative	galop	galopy
genitive	galopa	galopów
dative	galopowi	galopom
accusative	galopa	galopy
instrumental	galopem	galopami
locative	galopie	galopach
vocative	galopie	galopy

Adverb

galop (not comparable)

1. (Łowicz) synonym of zaraz / szybko / od razu

Derived terms

adjective

• galopowy

adverb

• galopem

nouns

• galopada
• galopant
• galopka

verb

• galopować impf

Further reading

• “galop”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “galop”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)
• Halina Świderska (1929), “galop”, in Dialekt Księstwa Łowickiego (in Polish), Warsaw, →ISBN, page 98

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

Noun

galop n (plural galopuri)

1. gallop

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	galop	galopul	galopuri	galopurile
genitive-dative	galop	galopului	galopuri	galopurilor
vocative	galopule		galopurilor

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡǎlop/
• Hyphenation: ga‧lop

Noun

gàlop m inan (Cyrillic spelling га̀лоп)

1. gallop

Declension

Declension of galop

	singular	plural
nominative	galop	galopi
genitive	galopa	galopa
dative	galopu	galopima
accusative	galop	galope
vocative	galope	galopi
locative	galopu	galopima
instrumental	galopom	galopima

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French gallop

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lop/
• Rhymes: -op
• Hyphenation: ga‧lop

Noun

galop (definite accusative galopu, plural galoplar)

1. gallop

Declension

Declension of galop

	singular	plural
nominative	galop	galoplar
definite accusative	galopu	galopları
dative	galopa	galoplara
locative	galopta	galoplarda
ablative	galoptan	galoplardan
genitive	galopun	galopların

Derived terms

• galop yapmak

Further reading

• “galop”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “galop”, in Nişanyan Sözlük