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Definitions and meaning of gal

gal

Translingual

Symbol

gal

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Galoli.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Galoli terms

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡæl/
  • Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

From gallon.

Noun

gal (plural gal or gals)

  1. Abbreviation of gallon.

Etymology 2

From (non-rhotic) dialectal pronunciations of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.

Noun

gal (plural gals)

  1. (colloquial) A young woman.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:girl
    Coordinate term: guy
Derived terms
Related terms
  • galge
  • kogal
Descendants
  • → Icelandic: gella
  • → Japanese: ギャル (gyaru)
    • → English: gyaru

Etymology 3

Shortened from galileo.

Noun

gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)

  1. A galileo (unit of acceleration).
Derived terms

References

See also

Anagrams

  • AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.

Pronunciation

Noun

gal (uncountable)

  1. The bodily fluid bile

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Zhuang ga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka˨˦/

Noun

gal

  1. (anatomy) leg; foot

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɡal]
  • Rhymes: -al

Adjective

gal (feminine gal·la, masculine plural gals, feminine plural gal·les)

  1. Gaulish, Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul)
    Synonym: gàl·lic

Noun

gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)

  1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)

Noun

gal m (uncountable)

  1. Gaulish (Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul)
    Synonym: gàl·lic

Related terms

Further reading

  • “gal”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
  • “gal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
  • “gal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “gal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chinese

Etymology

Short for galgame, borrowed from Japanese ギャルゲーム (gyaru gēmu), which is wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from gal +‎ game.

Noun

gal

  1. (ACG, video games) galge (video or computer game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls)
    推gal  ―  tuī gal  ―  to play galge

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːˀl/, [ˈɡ̊æˀl]

Etymology 1

From Old Danish galæn, from Old Norse galinn (“enchanted, mad”), a past participle of gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).

Adjective

gal (neuter galt, plural and definite singular attributive gale)

  1. crazy, mad, insane (mentally ill)
  2. mad, angry (showing temper)
  3. wrong (not the right one)
  4. bad

References

  • “gale,2” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 2

From Old Norse gal (“shouting”), derived from the verb gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).

Noun

gal n (singular definite galet, plural indefinite gal)

  1. crow (the sound of a cock)
Declension

References

  • “gale,1” in Den Danske Ordbog

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gal

  1. imperative of gale

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɑl/
  • Hyphenation: gal
  • Rhymes: -ɑl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch galle, from Old Dutch galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō.

Noun

gal f (uncountable)

  1. bile, gall (yellow-green bodily fluid secreted by the liver)
  2. bile, anger, wrath
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: gal
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: gali
  • Negerhollands: gal
  • → Papiamentu: hal, gal

Etymology 2

Ultimately from Latin galla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

gal f (plural gallen, diminutive galletje n)

  1. a gall (abnormal growth on a plant caused by foreign organisms)
Derived terms

Further reading

  • gal on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Anagrams

  • alg, lag

Emilian

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Noun

gal m

  1. cock

French

Pronunciation

Noun

gal m (plural gals)

  1. a unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second

Hamer-Banna

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡál/, [ɡál̥]

Noun

gal

  1. enemy
  2. Amhara (a member of a Semitic people of Ethiopia)

Usage notes

In the sense of "Amhara," preceded by háilesellási (“Haile Selassie”), referring to the former emperor of Ethiopia:

References

  • Petrollino, Sara (2016) A Grammar of Hamar: A South Omotic language of Ethiopia‎[2], Leiden University, pages 231, 259, 303

Icelandic

Etymology

From gala (“to crow”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)

  1. crowing (of a rooster)
  2. yelling

Declension

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Aran) IPA(key): /ɡɑl̪ˠ/
  • (Cois Fharraige, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /ɡalˠ/, /ɡal̪ˠ/

Noun

gal f or m (genitive singular gaile, nominative plural gala)

  1. warlike ardor
  2. valor, fury
  3. vapor, steam
  4. boiling heat
  5. puff, whiff (of smoke, hot air)
  6. fit, bout, turn
  7. demand

Declension

Derived terms

  • láth gaile
  • tuirbín gaile (“steam turbine”)

Noun

gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)

  1. blusterer
    Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, galach

Declension

Mutation

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “gal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “gal”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “gal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 65

Lithuanian

Etymology

A shortening derived from "gali (“it may”) būti (“be”)".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡaːl]

Conjunction

gál

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonym: galbūt

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • gol

Etymology

From Old English gāl (“lustful, wanton”), from Proto-West Germanic *gail, from Proto-Germanic *gailaz.

Adjective

gal (Early Middle English)

  1. lascivious, lustful
    • Sweche pinen he þolien schal þat her wes of his fles ful gal And wolde louien his fleses wil. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300
  2. overly fond of
    Gripes freteþ hoere mawen And hoere inward everuidel, Ne be þe þarof no so gal, Eft hoe werpeþ al in al. — Eleven Pains of Hell, 1300

Derived terms

References

  • “gōl, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Nalca

Noun

gal

  1. tree

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse galinn, from gala (“sing bewitching songs, in actuality bewitched by magical singing”).

Adjective

gal (neuter singular galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galere, indefinite superlative galest, definite superlative galeste)

  1. insane; crazy; out of one's mind; mad
  2. incorrect; erroneous; wrong; illegal; morally reproachable
Derived terms
  • galehus
  • galskap
  • (insane; crazy): stormannsgal
  • (with a very strong interest in): bilgal, fartsgal, guttegal, jentegal, sexgal
  • (phrases): bære galt av sted, det er aldri så galt at det ikke er godt for noe, gå galt, riv ruskende gal, vill og gal

Etymology 2

Related to the verb gale.

Noun

gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala or galene)

  1. crow ((instance of) rooster's crowing)
Derived terms
  • hanegal
Related terms
  • nattergal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gal

  1. imperative of gale

References

  • “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • lag, gla

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From gala (“to howl”).

Noun

gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala)

  1. a crow, howl, scream
Related terms
  • galing f

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

gal (upper case Gal)

  1. Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.

Etymology 3

Possibly from English. An abbreviation.

Symbol

gal

  1. symbol used to represent a gallon

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

gal

  1. imperative of gala

References

  • “gal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 5

Adjective

gal (masculine and feminine gal, neuter galt, definite singular and plural gale, comparative galare, indefinite superlative galast, definite superlative galaste)

  1. (nonstandard) galen

Etymology 6

Noun

gal m

  1. (eye dialect spelling, Trøndelag dialect, Eastern Norway) Alternative spelling of gard (“farm”)

Anagrams

  • Gal, gla, lag

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (East Vivaro-Alpine) [ˈdʒal]
  • IPA(key): (Provençal) [ˈɡau̯]
  • IPA(key): (East Languedocien) [ˈɡal]
  • IPA(key): (West Languedocien) [ˈɡal]

Noun

gal m (plural gals)

  1. cock, rooster

Related terms

References

  • Müller, Daniela. 2011. Developments of the lateral in Occitan dialects and their Romance and cross-linguistic context. Ph.D. Dissertation. University of Toulouse.

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *gail.

Cognate with Old Saxon gēl, Dutch geil (“salacious, lustful”), Old High German geil (German geil (“lustful”)), Old Norse geiligr (“beautiful”). The Indo-European root may also be the source of Lithuanian gailùs (“sharp, biting”), Russian зело́ (zeló, “very”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑːl/

Adjective

gāl (comparative gālra, superlative gālost)

  1. wanton, lustful; wicked

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: gal, gol
    • English: gole (dialectal)

Old French

Alternative forms

  • jal

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps from Transalpine Gaulish *gallos.

Noun

gal oblique singular, m (oblique plural gaus or gax or gals, nominative singular gaus or gax or gals, nominative plural gal)

  1. a rock

Derived terms

  • galeit
    • French: galet, galette
    • Norman: galet, galette, galiche, galot

References

  • “galet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
  • Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *galā.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡal/

Noun

gal f (genitive gaile)

  1. ardor
  2. fury
  3. valor
    • c. 760 Blathmac mac Con Brettan, published in "A study of the lexicon of the poems of Blathmac Son of Cú Brettan" (2017; PhD thesis, National University of Ireland Maynooth), edited and with translations by Siobhán Barrett, stanza 130

Inflection

Derived terms

Many derivatives of gal serve as verbal nouns to compounds of fichid (“to fight”).

Gal is also a common as the second element of male given names in Old Irish. Despite all these given names being male, they inherit gal's feminine ā-stem declension.

Descendants

  • Middle Irish: gal
    • Irish: gal
    • Scottish Gaelic: gal

Mutation

Further reading

  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Old Norse

Verb

gal

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of gala

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡal/
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: gal
  • Homophone: Gal

Etymology 1

From Latin.

Noun

gal m inan

  1. gallium
Declension

Etymology 2

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

Noun

gal m inan

  1. A galileo
Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

gal

  1. genitive plural of gala

Further reading

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

Rohingya

Alternative forms

  • 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢 (gal) — Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

gal (Hanifi spelling 𐴒𐴝𐴓𐴢)

  1. mouth

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin găllum (“rooster”), accusative of Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Pronunciation

  • (Central Romagnol): IPA(key): [ˈɡaɐ̯l]
  • (Ville Unite):

Noun

gal m (plural ghël)

  1. rooster (male domestic fowl)
    September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:

References

  • Masotti, Adelmo (1996) Vocabolario Romagnolo Italiano [Romagnol-Italian dictionary] (in Italian), Bologna: Zanichelli, page 246

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

Noun

gal m (plural gali)

  1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gal.

Noun

gal m (plural gali)

  1. (physics) unit of measurement of acceleration, equal to 1 centimeter per second squared

See also

  • gâl

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡ̊al̪ˠ/
  • (Skye) IPA(key): /ɡ̊ul̪ˠ/

Noun

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

  1. verbal noun of gail (“cry, weep”)
  2. (act of) crying, wailing
  3. wail

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).

Noun

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

  1. burst of light/heat
  2. ardour
  3. valour
  4. fury
  5. vapour, steam

Mutation

References

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “gal”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[4], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • gȃo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *galъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡâːl/
  • Hyphenation: gal

Adjective

gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)

  1. (dated) black, dark (physical attributes)
  2. (dated) dark fur

Synonyms

  • cȓn
  • mȑk

Derived terms

  • gàljan

Related terms

  • gȁlica

Somali

Verb

gal

  1. enter
    musqusha gal ― enter the toilet

Sumerian

Romanization

gal

  1. Romanization of 𒃲 (gal)

Swedish

Verb

gal

  1. inflection of gala:
    1. present indicative
    2. imperative

Anagrams

  • alg, lag

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡal/

Noun

gal

  1. Soft mutation of cal.

Mutation

Zou

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡal˧/

Noun

gal

  1. war

References

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44

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