galore

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Irish go leor and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“enough, plenty”), cf. Manx dy lhiooar, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish co, cu (“with”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *kom (“with”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“next to, at, with, along”) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Irish leor, dative of léir (“visible, perceptible, clear, distinct, clever, explicit, evident (older assiduous, earnest, careful, zealous)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈloː/
• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɔɹ/
• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɔː/
• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
• IPA^(key): /ɡəˈloə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: ga‧lore

Adjective

galore (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) In abundance.

   After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:

     […] But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."

Translations

in abundance

• Bulgarian: в изобилие (v izobilie)
• Catalan: a balquena
• Danish: til overflod, til overmål
• Dutch: genoeg (nl), in overvloed, te over
• Finnish: runsaasti (fi)
• French: pléthore (fr), en abondance (fr)
• Galician: abondo (gl), a bao, a eito, a desbolle
• Georgian: უხვად (uxvad), სიუხვე (siuxve)
• German: im Überfluss m
• Irish: go leor
• Italian: a profusione, in abbondanza, a iosa (it), a bizzeffe (it), a gogo, a manetta
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• Manx: dy liooar
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: i overflod

  Nynorsk: i overflod, i ovnøgd

• Portuguese: em abundância
• Russian: в изоби́лии n (v izobílii), бо́лее чем доста́точно n (bóleje čem dostátočno)
• Scottish Gaelic: gu leòr
• Serbo-Croatian: obilje (sh), izobilje (sh), obilno (sh), izobilno
• Spanish: en abundancia, a porrillo (colloquial), a tutiplén (es) (colloquial), por doquier
• Swedish: i överflöd

Anagrams

• galero, gaoler, goaler