English

Proper noun

Gal

1. Alternative form of Gal.

Symbol

Gal

1. (metrology) The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

Anagrams

• AGL, GLA, lag

Catalan

Proper noun

Gal m

1. Gallus

Czech

Noun

Gal m

1. Gaul (person)

Related terms

• Galie f
• galský m

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō. Cognate with German Galle, Dutch gal, English gall, West Frisian galle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Gal f ‎(plural Galen)

1. bile
2. gall bladder

Synonyms

• (gall bladder): Galeblos

Polish

Pronunciation

Noun

Gal m pers

1. Gaul (person)

Related terms

• Galia
• galijski

See also

• gal (chemical element)

English

Noun

gal ‎(plural gal or gals)

1. A gallon.

Etymology 2

Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.

Noun

gal ‎(plural gals)

1. (colloquial, dated) An adolescent girl or young woman.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:girl

Derived terms

• attagal
• galpal

Etymology 3

Shortened from galileo.

Noun

gal ‎(plural gals, symbol Gal)

1. A galileo.

Anagrams

• AGL, GLA, lag

See also

• guy

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch see below

Noun

gal ‎(plural [please provide])

1. The bodily fluid bile

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑl

Noun

gal f ‎(uncountable)

1. The bodily fluid bile

Anagrams

• alg, lag

Emilian

Noun

gal m

1. cock

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

Noun

gal f, 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

Mutation

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaːl]

Conjunction

gál

1. maybe, perhaps

Lojban

Rafsi

gal

1. rafsi of galtu.

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gol

Etymology

From Old English gāl ‎(“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”), see below.

Adjective

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 ****, 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 ****, 1300

Derived terms

• galich, gollich — lustful, lascivious
• galnesse, golnesse — lustfulness, lasciviousness

References

• Middle English Dictionary, gol

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

• 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

See also

• galen (Nynorsk)

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

Verb

gal

1. imperative of gale

References

• “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡal]

Noun

gal m (plural gals)

1. A cock, rooster

Related terms

• galhar
• galina

Old English

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

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)

Declension

Old French

Noun

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

1. A rock

Descendants

• galet m
• galette f

References

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

Polish

Pronunciation

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 gala

Noun

gal

1. genitive plural of gala

Rohingya

Noun

gal

1. A mouth

Romagnol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡal/

Noun

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

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin Gallus.

Noun

gal m ‎(plural gali)

1. a Gaul

Etymology 2

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

Noun

gal m ‎(genitive singular gail)

1. verbal noun of gail

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• gȃo

Etymology

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

Swedish

Verb

gal

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