different between french vs galop

English

Etymology

From Middle English French, Frensch, Frensh, from Old English frencisc (“of the Franks, Frankish, French”), from Franca (“a Frank”). Compare Old High German Franko (“a Frank”), akin to Old English franca (“javelin, spear”), from the use of such weapons by the Franks.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: fr?nch, IPA^(key): /f??nt??/, [f???n?t??]
• Rhymes: -?nt?

Verb

french (third-person singular simple present frenches, present participle frenching, simple past and past participle frenched)

1. (transitive) To prepare food by cutting it into strips.
2. (transitive) To kiss (another person) while inserting one’s tongue into the other person's mouth.
3. (intransitive) To kiss in this manner.
4. (cooking) To French trim; to stylishly expose bone by removing the fat and meat covering it (as done to a rack of lamb or bone-in rib-eye steak).

Synonyms

• (to kiss while inserting tongue): French kiss, French

Derived terms

• frenched

Translations

See also

• French
• julienne

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.

Verb

galop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopped, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)

1. To dance the galop.

Anagrams

• Gopal

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)

Related terms

• galopar

Further reading

• “galop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Danish

Etymology

From French galop.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?p/, [??a?l?b?]

Noun

galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)

1. gallop

Inflection

Further reading

• “galop” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From galoper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.lo/
• Homophone: galops

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

1. gallop

Derived terms

• chassez le naturel, il revient au galop

Descendants

• ? Danish: galop
• ? English: galop
• ? Italian: galop

Further reading

• “galop” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From French galop.

Noun

galop m (invariable)

1. galop (originally German folk dance)

Further reading

• galop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.l?p/

Noun

galop m inan

1. canter (three-beat horse gait)

Declension

See also

• cwa?

Further reading

• galop in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• galop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French galop

Noun

galop n (plural galopuri)

1. gallop

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??lop/
• Hyphenation: ga?lop

Noun

gàlop m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. gallop

Declension