galop

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.

Anagrams


Afrikaans

Etymology

From English gallop.

Verb

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

  1. gallop

Catalan

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

  1. gallop (fastest gait of a horse)

Further reading


Danish

Etymology

From French galop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalɔp/, [ɡ̊aˈlʌb̥]

Noun

galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)

  1. gallop

Inflection


French

Etymology

From galoper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lo/
  • Homophone: galops

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

  1. gallop

Further reading


Italian

Noun

galop m (invariable)

  1. galop (originally german folk dance)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.lɔp/
  • (file)

Noun

galop m inan

  1. canter (three-beat horse gait)

Declension

See also


Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

gàlop m (Cyrillic spelling га̀лоп)

  1. gallop

Declension

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