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English

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Etymology 1

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From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala,[1] or Spanish gala,[2] both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (rejoicing). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (scabies).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (good, well).[1][2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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gala (not comparable)

  1. Celebratory; festive.
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Noun

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gala (plural galas)

  1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
  2. A competition
    a swimming gala
  3. (countable) A showy and festive party.
  4. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
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Translations
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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 gala”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. 2.0 2.1 gala”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Etymology 2

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From Sumerian 𒍑𒆪 (gala), cognate to Akkadian 𒍑𒆪 (kalû). A connection to the similar Phrygian and Roman priests of Cybele called gallae or galli has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.[1]

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Sumerian statuette of two galas found in the temple of Inanna at Mari.

Noun

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gala (plural gala or galas)

  1. (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
    • 2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, Martha Tobi Roth), page 50:
      (6) Some galas/kalûs are mentioned in Pre-Sargonic and Old Babylonian texts in connection with classes of women, maids, and ḫarimtu-women.
      (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries [...]

References

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  1. ^ Philippe Borgeaud, Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary (2004), page 48

Anagrams

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Bambara

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Noun

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gala

  1. dye

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Bongo

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Noun

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gala

  1. wild dog, jackal

References

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  • Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Old French gale (pleasure), from galer (enjoy onself).

Noun

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gala f (plural gales)

  1. pomp, display
  2. gala
  3. festival, dance
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Latin galla.

Noun

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gala f (plural gales)

  1. gall (abnormal swelling growth on a plant)
    Synonyms: agalla, ballaruc, cecidi
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Further reading

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Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Noun

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gala

  1. a gala; a ball
  2. money thrown to or pinned to the clothing of the wedding couple in a money dance

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Dutch

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 gala on Dutch Wikipedia
People dressed for a Gala

Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian or Spanish gala.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /ˈɣaː.laː/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Noun

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gala n (plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)

  1. a ceremonial celebration, originally a ball (formal dance), now often a prom
  2. formal dress
    Synonyms: galakleding, staatsiegewaad, staatsiekleding

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Faroese

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gala.

Verb

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gala (third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólu, supine galið)

  1. to crow (of a chicken)

Conjugation

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Conjugation of gala (group v-58)
infinitive gala
supine galið
participle (a26)1 galandi galin
present past
first singular gali gól
second singular gelur gól(st)
third singular gelur gól
plural gala gólu
imperative
singular gal!
plural galið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

French

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gala

  1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Probably cognate with Spanish agalla.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gala f (plural galas)

  1. (animal anatomy) gill (breathing organ of fish)
    Synonyms: branquia, guerla

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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gala

  1. inflection of galar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Garo

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Verb

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gala

  1. to throw away

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

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Verb

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gala (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative galaði, supine galað)
gala (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gól, third-person plural past indicative gólum, supine galið)

  1. (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
    • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)
      En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.
      Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.
  2. (intransitive) to cry, to scream

Conjugation

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Originally a strong verb, but now most usually weak; the strong conjugation is mostly archaic or poetic, and is especially rare in the present tense.

Synonyms

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Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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From Sanskrit गल (gala, neck, resin).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡala/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Noun

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gala

  1. resin
  2. neck
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch gala (ball), from French gala, from Spanish gala, from Old Spanish gala, from Old French gale (rejoicing). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (good, well).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡala/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Noun

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gala

  1. ball

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Irish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gala

  1. nominative/vocative/dative plural of gal

Mutation

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Mutated forms of gala
radical lenition eclipsis
gala ghala ngala

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Italian

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Etymology 1

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From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (good, well), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (to choose, wish).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.la/
  • Rhymes: -ala
  • Hyphenation: gà‧la

Noun

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gala f (plural gale)

  1. bow (ornament on a dress etc.)
  2. bow tie (large)
  3. frill, flounce, ruche (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)
  4. roche, ruching, ruffle
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Old French gale (rejoicing), from galer (to rejoice).

Noun

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gala m (invariable)

  1. gala
  2. festivity
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Descendants
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  • Portuguese: gala

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Kilivila

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Pronunciation

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Particle

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gala

  1. not
    Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

Idioms

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Interjection

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gala

  1. no

References

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  • Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 223. →ISBN

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Latvian

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Noun

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gala m

  1. genitive singular of gals

Ledo Kaili

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Noun

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gala

  1. brass

Manchu

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Romanization

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gala

  1. Romanization of ᡤᠠᠯᠠ

Maranao

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Noun

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gala

  1. plaster, glue

Minangkabau

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ɡəlaɣ.

Noun

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gala

  1. title (of a name).
  2. nickname that relates to one's characteristics or condition.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gala.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /²ɡɑːlɑ/, /²ɡɑːɽɑ/

Verb

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gala (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)

  1. to crow (to make the sound of a cuckoo or a rooster)

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *galaną, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (to shout, charm away).

Verb

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gala

  1. to sing
  2. to crow
  3. to chant (spells)

Conjugation

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Descendants

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Old Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

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gala

  1. to sing (of birds)
  2. to crow (of roosters)
  3. to charm, to enchant

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French gala.

Noun

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gala f (related adjective galowy)

  1. gala (showy and festive party)
  2. costume for gala, formal dress
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adverb

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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gala f (diminutive galka)

  1. (Far Masovian) thick pine tree
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Further reading

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  • gala in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • gala in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “gala”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 108

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -alɐ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian gala.[1][2]

Noun

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gala f (plural galas)

  1. gala (showy and festive party)

Etymology 2

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Deverbal from galar

Noun

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gala f (plural galas)

  1. (Northeast Brazil, vulgar) sperm
  2. chalaza (spiral band which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell)
    Synonym: galadura

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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gala

  1. inflection of galar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ gala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ gala”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024

Sidamo

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡala/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Etymology 1

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From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata gal-.

Verb

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gala

  1. (intransitive) to stay the night

Etymology 2

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Verb

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gala

  1. (transitive) to conceal

References

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  • Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
  • Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “gala”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Gallus (Gaulish).

Adjective

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gala

  1. feminine singular of galo

Etymology 2

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From Old French gale (rejoicing), from galer (to enjoy oneself). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (good, well).

Noun

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gala f (plural galas)

  1. gala
  2. elegant dress, male clothes, specially those used in a gala
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Further reading

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Sumerian

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Romanization

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gala

  1. Romanization of 𒍑𒆪 (gala)

Swedish

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Etymology 1

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From Italian or Spanish gala.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gala c

  1. gala; festival
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish gala, from Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

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gala (present gal, preterite gol, supine galit, imperative gal)

  1. to crow; to make a sound characteristic of a rooster
    förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal
    before the cock crow ... And immediately the cock crew ... Before the cock crow (Matthew 26:34, 74, 75)
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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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galà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)

  1. wandering around; travelling around
    Synonyms: libot, paglibot, paglilibot
  2. travel (to far places)
    Synonyms: lakbay, biyahe, layag, galugad
  3. aimless wandering; act of going around aimlessly
    Synonyms: lakwatsa, paglalakwatsa
  4. (Batangas) act of courting a woman
    Synonyms: ligaw, pagligaw, panliligaw
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Adjective

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galâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)

  1. having the habit of wandering; having a wanderlust
  2. well-traveled (of a person)
    Synonyms: mapaglakbay, libot, layas, lagalag
  3. having been visited often (of a place)
    Synonym: libot
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Spanish gala, from Old French gale (rejoicing), from galer (to enjoy oneself).

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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gala (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)

  1. full festive dress; festive uniform

Adjective

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gala (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)

  1. officially festive
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Further reading

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  • gala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian gala.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.la/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧la

Noun

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gala (definite accusative galayı, plural galalar)

  1. The first, exclusive showing of a movie, play etc. for critics or special guests.
  2. The party after such a ceremony.

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative gala
Definite accusative galayı
Singular Plural
Nominative gala galalar
Definite accusative galayı galaları
Dative galaya galalara
Locative galada galalarda
Ablative galadan galalardan
Genitive galanın galaların
Possessive forms
Nominative
Singular Plural
1st singular galam galalarım
2nd singular galan galaların
3rd singular galası galaları
1st plural galamız galalarımız
2nd plural galanız galalarınız
3rd plural galaları galaları
Definite accusative
Singular Plural
1st singular galamı galalarımı
2nd singular galanı galalarını
3rd singular galasını galalarını
1st plural galamızı galalarımızı
2nd plural galanızı galalarınızı
3rd plural galalarını galalarını
Dative
Singular Plural
1st singular galama galalarıma
2nd singular galana galalarına
3rd singular galasına galalarına
1st plural galamıza galalarımıza
2nd plural galanıza galalarınıza
3rd plural galalarına galalarına
Locative
Singular Plural
1st singular galamda galalarımda
2nd singular galanda galalarında
3rd singular galasında galalarında
1st plural galamızda galalarımızda
2nd plural galanızda galalarınızda
3rd plural galalarında galalarında
Ablative
Singular Plural
1st singular galamdan galalarımdan
2nd singular galandan galalarından
3rd singular galasından galalarından
1st plural galamızdan galalarımızdan
2nd plural galanızdan galalarınızdan
3rd plural galalarından galalarından
Genitive
Singular Plural
1st singular galamın galalarımın
2nd singular galanın galalarının
3rd singular galasının galalarının
1st plural galamızın galalarımızın
2nd plural galanızın galalarınızın
3rd plural galalarının galalarının
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References

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  1. ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gala”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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Welsh

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Noun

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gala

  1. Soft mutation of cala.

Mutation

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Mutated forms of cala
radical soft nasal aspirate
cala gala nghala chala

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.