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4-letter words (1 found)

GAGA,

3-letter words (2 found)

AGA,GAG,

2-letter words (2 found)

AA,AG,

You can make 5 words from gaga according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

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Definitions and meaning of gaga

gaga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/

Etymology 1

From French gaga.

Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

  1. (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
  2. (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
  3. (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes
  • As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
Derived terms
  • go gaga over
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

gaga (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (game resembling dodgeball)

Balinese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

Barngarla

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga

  1. head

References

  • Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56.
    Part 1 Part 2
  • Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
  • Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
    https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
    https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
  • Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/, [ˈɡa.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gága

  1. (vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/, [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gâgâ

  1. (Naga) act of boiling
    Synonym: laga
Derived terms
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French

Etymology

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (senile)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa/

Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
  2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
  3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

Further reading

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

Ga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga (plural gagai)

  1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

See also

  • tsatsu
  • tsatsutsuru
  • gbense

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/

Noun

gaga

  1. wine

References

  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Adjective

gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)

  1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

Further reading

  • “gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “gaga” in Duden online
  • “gaga” in Duden online

Iban

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Adjective

gaga

  1. happy
Derived terms
  • pengaga

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Verb

gaga

  1. make, do

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, dry field), from Old Javanese gagā (non-irrigated rice-field)

Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (agriculture) dry field
    Synonym: huma
Alternative forms
  • gogo
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus).

Further reading

  • “gaga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

Javanese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦒ

Lindu

Adverb

gaga

  1. very

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective

gaga

  1. feminine singular of gago

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaga.

Adjective

gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)

Declension

Salar

Noun

gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. brother

Spanish

Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective

gaga f

  1. feminine singular of gago

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.

Alternative forms

  • g*gabowdlerization

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/, [ˈɡa.ɣɐ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Adjective

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, offensive)

  1. feminine of gago
Derived terms
  • kagagahan

Noun

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, offensive)

  1. feminine of gago

Etymology 2

Compare Malay gagah (compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡa/, [ɡɐˈɣa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)

  1. usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
    Synonym: pangangagaw
  2. rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
    Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
  3. gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
    Synonym: busal
  4. (obsolete) ban; prohibition
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. restlessness; mischief
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter , corresponding to "ga"

See also

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡaʔ/, [ˈɡa.ɣɐʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)

  1. a type of nettle

Further reading

  • “gaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 327: “G) Gaga (pc) letra del abeçedario tagalog .|. gaga yaon .|. . otra . G . tienen eſtos que llamamos gangoſa, eſcriueſe . g̃ . | .”
    • page 371: “Inuencion) Gaga (pp) o traça”
    • page 582: “Traça) Gaga (pp) o inuentiba”

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

  1. bill, beak

Declension

Derived terms

  • gagalamak

See also

  • tumşuk

References

  • Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غاغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡá.ɡà/

Noun

gágà

  1. (rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
    Synonym: ìgò

Source: wiktionary.org