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gak
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Imitative of a gagging noise in the throat.
Interjection
gak
- An expression of disgust or trepidation.
- 2002, "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.messianic)
- proselytizing is, ultimately, a disgusting way of relating to people. whether it's amway, xnty, or discovery toys, it's just awful manipulation pride and disrespect. i hate it, i hate that i did it, it's yucky yucky yucky. puke puke gak vomit.
- 2008, Erin McCarthy, You Don't Know Jack
- Gak. She'd thought that's what it meant. Her heart slammed into her gut. No, no, no.
- 2009, Joel Rubinoff, It's not a dream: They're back (in Toronto Star, 19 March 2009)
- Unsure what to make of it, I flicked on Entertainment Tonight (7:30 p.m. weekdays on NBC, Global) to find — gak — his sister Marie, who served her own headline-grabbing stint on Dancing two seasons ago, being treated like visiting royalty by the outrageously overcaffeinated Mary Hart.
- 2002, "93 Percent Wise", the NT then and now (discussion on Internet newsgroup alt.messianic)
Etymology 2
Noun
gak (uncountable)
- (slang) The drug crystal methamphetamine.
- (slang) cocaine
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gauka, from Proto-Indo-European *g??us (“ox, cow”) (compare English cow, Latvian govs, Ancient Greek ???? (boûs)). Also see ka.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ak/
Noun
gak m (indefinite plural geqe, definite singular gaku, definite plural geqet)
- boar (male pig)
Declension
Derived terms
- gakth
Cebuano
Etymology
From English gac, from Vietnamese g?c.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gak
Noun
gak
- the spiny bitter gourd (Momordica cochinchinensis)
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??????]
Etymology 1
From gaga (“gaga”), from French gaga, from gâteux (“senile, incontinent”).
Adjective
gak (uninflected)
- bats, nuts (see Thesaurus:insane)
Synonyms
- gakgak
- tåbelig
- vanvittig
- gakket
Derived terms
- være gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)
Noun
gak n (uninflected)
- madness, insanity (see Thesaurus:insanity)
Synonyms
- gakgak
- vanvid
Derived terms
- have gak i låget (“to be bats or nuts”)
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gakk, imperative of ganga, with assimilation of final -ng.
Verb
gak
- (archaic-verb-form) imperative of gå
Indonesian
Adverb
gak
- Alternative form of enggak
Kalasha
Noun
gak
- A cow
Southeastern Tepehuan
Etymology
Cognate with Northern Tepehuan gáki, Cora huajchi, Central Tarahumara wakí (“dried tree or stick”).
Adjective
gak (plural gagaak)
- dry
- thin
Related terms
- gakia?
References
- R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)?[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 61
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gal
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?æl/
- Rhymes: -æl
Etymology 1
From gallon.
Noun
gal (plural gal or gals)
- Abbreviation of gallon.
Etymology 2
Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.
Noun
gal (plural gals)
- (colloquial) A young woman.
Usage notes
As with many colloquial terms relating to women (including, in some cases, "girl" itself), some may perceive the usage of this term to be derogatory. The word, however, is fairly neutral in and of itself.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:girl
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Shortened from galileo.
Noun
gal (plural gals, symbol Gal)
- A galileo (unit of acceleration).
See also
- guy
Anagrams
- AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch gal. Cognate to English gall.
Noun
gal (uncountable)
- The bodily fluid bile
Bouyei
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *p.qa?? (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ?? (k?a), Northern Thai ??, Lao ?? (kh?), Lü ?? (?aa), Shan ?? (kh?a), Tai Nüa ??? (xáa), Ahom ???????? (khaa), Zhuang ga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka??/
Noun
gal
- (anatomy) leg; foot
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /??al/
Adjective
gal (feminine gal·la, masculine plural gals, feminine plural gal·les)
- Gaulish, Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul)
- Synonym: gàl·lic
Noun
gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)
- Gaul (a person from Gaul)
Proper noun
gal m
- Gaulish (Celtic language that was spoken in Gaul)
- Synonym: gàl·lic
Related terms
Further reading
- “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.
Chinese
Etymology
Short for galgame, borrowed from Japanese ?????? (gyaru g?mu), which is wasei eigo (????), from English gal + game.
Noun
gal
- (ACG, video games) galge (video or computer game centered around interactions with attractive anime-style girls)
- ?gal ? tu? gal ? to play galge
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a??l/, [???æ?l]
Etymology 1
From Old Danish galæn, from Old Norse galinn (“enchanted, mad”), a past participle of gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).
Adjective
gal (neuter galt, plural and definite singular attributive gale)
- crazy, mad, insane (mentally ill)
- mad, angry (showing temper)
- wrong (not the right one)
- bad
References
- “gale,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 2
From Old Norse gal (“shouting”), derived from the verb gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).
Noun
gal n (singular definite galet, plural indefinite gal)
- crow (the sound of a cock)
Inflection
References
- “gale,1” in Den Danske Ordbog
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gal
- imperative of gale
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??l/
- Hyphenation: gal
- Rhymes: -?l
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch galle, from Old Dutch galla, from Proto-Germanic *gall?.
Noun
gal f (uncountable)
- Bile, gall (yellow-green bodily fluid secreted by the liver).
- Bile, anger, wrath.
Derived terms
- galblaas
- galsteen
Descendants
- Afrikaans: gal
Etymology 2
Ultimately from Latin galla. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
gal f (plural gallen, diminutive galletje n)
- A gall (abnormal growth on a plant caused by foreign organisms).
Derived terms
- galappel
- galnoot
- galwesp
Anagrams
- alg, lag
Emilian
Etymology
From Latin gallus.
Noun
gal m
- cock
French
Noun
gal m (plural gals)
- A unit of acceleration equal to one centimetre per second per second
Icelandic
Etymology
From gala (“to crow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Noun
gal n (genitive singular gals, no plural)
- crowing (of a rooster)
- yelling
Declension
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish gal, from Proto-Celtic *gal? (“ability”) (compare Welsh gallu (“be able”)).
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /??l??/
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /?al??/
Noun 1
gal f or m (genitive singular gaile, nominative plural gala)
- warlike ardor
- valor, fury
- vapor, steam
- boiling heat
- puff, whiff (of smoke, hot air)
- fit, bout, turn
- demand
Declension
Derived terms
Noun 2
gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)
- blusterer
- Synonyms: bliústar, bolscaire, galach
Declension
Mutation
References
- "gal" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- 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.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?a?l]
Conjunction
gál
- maybe, perhaps
Middle English
Alternative forms
- gol
Etymology
From Old English g?l (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”)
Adjective
gal
- lascivious, lustful
- nawt ane euch fleschlich hondlunge, ah ?etten 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
- 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
Derived terms
References
- Middle English Dictionary, gol
Nalca
Noun
gal
- 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)
- insane; crazy; out of one's mind; mad
- incorrect; erroneous; wrong; illegal; morally reproachable
Derived terms
- 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
See also
- galen (Nynorsk)
- gæren (Bokmål) (alternative spelling)
Etymology 2
Related to the verb gale.
Noun
gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala or galene)
- crow ((instance of) rooster's crowing)
Derived terms
- hanegal
Related terms
- nattergal
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gal
- imperative of gale
References
- “gal” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From gala (“to howl”).
Noun
gal n (definite singular galet, indefinite plural gal, definite plural gala)
- a crow, howl, scream
Related terms
- galing f
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
Proper noun
gal (upper case Gal)
- Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.
Etymology 3
Possibly from English. An abbreviation.
Symbol
gal
- symbol used to represent a gallon
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
gal
- imperative of gala
References
- “gal” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Anagrams
- Gal, gla, lag
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin gallus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?al]
Noun
gal m (plural gals)
- A cock, rooster
Related terms
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *gail.
Cognate with Old Saxon g?l, 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 ????? (zeló, “very”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l/
Adjective
g?l (comparative g?lra, superlative g?lost)
- wanton, lustful; wicked
Declension
Descendants
- Middle English: gal, gol
- English: gole (dialectal)
Old French
Noun
gal m (oblique plural gaus or gax or gals, nominative singular gaus or gax or gals, nominative plural gal)
- A rock
Descendants
- French: galet, galette
- Norman: galet, galette, galiche, galot
References
- Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?al/
Etymology 1
From Latin [Term?].
Noun
gal m inan
- gallium
Declension
Etymology 2
Named in honour of Galileo Galilei
Noun
gal m inan
- A galileo
Declension
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
gal
- genitive plural of gala
Further reading
- gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Rohingya
Alternative forms
- ????????????????? (gal) – Hanifi Rohingya script
Noun
gal (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)
- mouth
Romagnol
Etymology
From Latin gallus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?al/
Noun
gal m (plural ghël)
- rooster (male domestic fowl)
- September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
- E’ gal
- The rooster
- E’ gal
- September 2012, Loris Pasini, E’ gal in la Ludla, il Papiro, page 15:
Romanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin Gallus.
Noun
gal m (plural gali)
- a Gaul
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French gal.
Noun
gal m (plural gali)
- (physics) unit of measurement of acceleration, equal to 1 centimeter per second squared
See also
- gâl
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kal??/
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)
- verbal noun of gail (“cry, weep”)
- (act of) crying, wailing
- wail
Etymology 2
From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).
Noun
gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)
- burst of light/heat
- ardour
- valour
- fury
- vapour, steam
Mutation
References
- “gal” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 gal”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- g?o
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *gal?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?â?l/
- Hyphenation: gal
Adjective
g?l (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- (dated) black, dark (physical attributes)
- (dated) dark fur
Synonyms
- c?n
- m?k
Derived terms
- gàljan
Related terms
- g?lica
Somali
Verb
gal
- enter
Swedish
Verb
gal
- present tense of gala.
- imperative of gala.
Anagrams
- alg, lag
Zou
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?al?/
Noun
gal
- war
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44
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