gal

• IPA^(key): /ɡæl/
• Rhymes: -æl

From gallon.

gal (plural gal or gals)

1. Abbreviation of gallon.

Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.

gal (plural gals)

1. (colloquial) A young woman.

• See also Thesaurus:girl

Shortened from galileo.

gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)

1. A galileo (a unit of acceleration).

• guy

• AGL, Alg., GLA, LAG, lag

From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.

gal (uncountable)

1. The bodily fluid bile

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal/

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

1. Gaulish, Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul)

   Synonym: gàl·lic

gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)

1. Gaul (a person from Gaul)

gal m (uncountable)

1. Gaulish (Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul)

   Synonym: gàl·lic

• “gal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “gal” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “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.

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

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

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• Rhymes: -ɑl

gal f (uncountable)

1. The bodily fluid bile

• alg, lag

From Latin gallus.

gal m

1. cock

gal m (plural gals)

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

From gala (“to crow”).

• IPA^(key): /kaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl

gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)

1. crowing (of a rooster)
2. yelling

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

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ɡɑl̪ˠ/
• (Connacht, Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡal̪ˠ/

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

gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)

1. blusterer

   Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, galach

• "gal" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 gal”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN
• Entries containing “gal” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “gal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

• IPA^(key): [ɡaːl]

gál

1. maybe, perhaps

• gol

From Old English gāl (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz, see below.

gal

1. lascivious, lustful

   nawt ane euch fleschlich hondlunge, ah ᵹetten euch gal word ... — Ancrene Wisse, c1230

   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

• Middle English Dictionary, gol

gal

1. tree

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

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

• 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

• galen (Nynorsk)
• gæren (Bokmål) (alternative spelling)

Related to the verb gale.

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

1. crow ((instance of) rooster's crowing)

• hanegal

• nattergal

See the etymology of the main entry.

gal

1. imperative of gale

• “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

gal

1. imperative of gala

From Latin gallus.

• IPA^(key): [ɡal]

gal m (plural gals)

1. A cock, rooster

From Proto-Germanic *gailaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰoylos (“frothing, tempestuous, wanton”). 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 зело (zelo, “very”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑːl/

gāl (comparative gālra, superlative gālost)

1. wanton, lustful; wicked

   And se Iouis wearð swa swyðe gal þæt he on his agenre swyster gewifode. And Jove became so depraved that he married his own sister. (Wulfstan, De Falsis Deis)

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

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

1. A rock

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

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

• IPA^(key): /ɡal/

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From Latin [Term?].

gal m inan

1. gallium

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

gal m inan

1. A galileo

see gala

gal

1. genitive plural of gala

• gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

gal

1. A mouth

From Latin gallus.

• IPA^(key): /ɡal/

gal m (plural ghël)

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

     E’ gal

     The rooster

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

gal m (plural gali)

1. a Gaul

Borrowed from French gal.

gal m (plural gali)

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

• gâl

• IPA^(key): /kal̪ˠ/

See the etymology of the main entry.

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

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

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

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

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

• Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• C. Marstrander, E. G. Quin et al., editors (1913–76), “1 gal”, in Dictionary of the Irish Language: Based Mainly on Old and Middle Irish Materials, Dublin: Royal Irish Academy, →ISBN

• gȃo

From Proto-Slavic *galъ.

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

gȃl (Cyrillic spelling га̑л)

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

• cȓn
• mȑk

• gàljan

• gȁlica

gal

1. enter

   musqusha gal ― enter the toilet

gal

1. present tense of gala.
2. imperative of gala.

gal

1. war

• http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf