different between gal vs dame

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl/
• Rhymes: -æl

Etymology 1

From gallon.

Noun

gal (plural gal or gals)

1. Abbreviation of gallon.

Etymology 2

Representing a nonstandard pronunciation of girl.

Noun

gal (plural gals)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. (anatomy) leg; foot

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /??al/

Adjective

gal (feminine gal·la, masculine plural gals, feminine plural gal·les)

1. Gaulish, Gallic (of or pertaining to Gaul)

   Synonym: gàl·lic

Noun

gal m (plural gals, feminine gal·la)

1. Gaul (a person from Gaul)

Proper noun

gal m

1. 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

1. (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)

1. crazy, mad, insane (mentally ill)
2. mad, angry (showing temper)
3. wrong (not the right one)
4. 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)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. Bile, gall (yellow-green bodily fluid secreted by the liver).
2. 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)

1. 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

1. cock

French

Noun

gal m (plural gals)

1. 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)

1. crowing (of a rooster)
2. 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)

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

Noun 2

gal m (genitive singular gail, nominative plural gala)

1. 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

1. maybe, perhaps

Middle English

Alternative forms

• gol

Etymology

From Old English g?l (“lust, luxury, wantonness, folly, levity”)

Adjective

gal

1. 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

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 Hell, 1300

Derived terms

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

• 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)

1. crow ((instance of) rooster's crowing)

Derived terms

• hanegal

Related terms

• nattergal

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gal

1. 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)

1. a crow, howl, scream

Related terms

• galing f

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

Proper noun

gal (upper case Gal)

1. Abbreviation of galatarbrevet.

Etymology 3

Possibly from English. An abbreviation.

Symbol

gal

1. symbol used to represent a gallon

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

gal

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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

1. gallium

Declension

Etymology 2

Named in honour of Galileo Galilei

Noun

gal m inan

1. A galileo

Declension

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gal

1. genitive plural of gala

Further reading

• gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Rohingya

Alternative forms

• ????????????????? (gal) – Hanifi Rohingya script

Noun

gal (Hanifi spelling ????????????????)

1. mouth

Romagnol

Etymology

From Latin gallus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al/

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

Borrowed 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kal??/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

1. verbal noun of gail (“cry, weep”)
2. (act of) crying, wailing
3. wail

Etymology 2

From Old Irish gal (“warlike ardour, fury, valour”).

Noun

gal m (genitive singular gail, plural gail)

1. burst of light/heat
2. ardour
3. valour
4. fury
5. 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 ????)

1. (dated) black, dark (physical attributes)
2. (dated) dark fur

Synonyms

• c?n
• m?k

Derived terms

• gàljan

Related terms

• g?lica

Somali

Verb

gal

1. enter

Swedish

Verb

gal

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

Anagrams

• alg, lag

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?al?/

Noun

gal

1. war

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 44

English

Etymology

From Middle English dame, dam (“noble lady”), from Old French dame (“lady; term of address for a woman; the queen in card games and chess”), from Latin domina (“mistress of the house”), feminine form of dominus (“lord, master, ruler; owner of a residence”), ultimately either from Proto-Indo-European *demh?- (“to domesticate, tame”) or from Latin domus (“home, house”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dem- (“to build (up)”)). Doublet of domina and donna.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /de?m/
• Rhymes: -e?m

Noun

dame (plural dames)

1. (Britain) Usually capitalized as Dame: a title equivalent to Sir for a female knight.
2. (Britain) A matron at a school, especially Eton College.
3. (Britain, theater) In traditional pantomime: a melodramatic female often played by a man in drag.
4. (US, dated, informal, slightly derogatory) A woman.
5. (archaic) A lady, a woman.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:woman

Derived terms

• beldame
• dame school
• damehood
• damely

Related terms

Translations

See also

• knight
• madam
• madame
• sir

References

Further reading

• dame (title) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dame (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• ADEM, ADME, Adem, Edam, MEDA, Mead, made, mead

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dame, from Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Noun

dame (plural dames, diminutive dametjie)

1. lady
2. (chess) queen

Derived terms

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from French dame (“lady”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?m?/, [?d?æ?m?]

Noun

dame c (singular definite damen, plural indefinite damer)

1. (polite) lady, woman (adult female)
2. lady (adult female with a cultivated appearance)
3. (informal) girlfriend
4. (card games) queen

Inflection

Derived terms

• damet (“ladyish, ladylike”)

See also

• dame on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Dame (kort) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dame, from Middle French dame, from Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?.m?/
• Hyphenation: da?me
• Rhymes: -a?m?

Noun

dame f (plural dames, diminutive dametje n)

1. lady
   1. noblewoman
   2. Polite term or title of address for any (adult or adolescent) woman.
2. (chess, card games) queen

   Synonym: koningin

Derived terms

• damesblad
• damesfiets
• dameskapper
• dameskleding
• damestoilet
• dameszadel
• eredame
• hofdame

Related terms

• madam

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dame

See also

Anagrams

• adem, made

French

Etymology

From Old French dame, from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dam/
• Rhymes: -am

Noun

dame f (plural dames)

1. A lady
2. A polite form of address for a woman.
3. (chess) queen
4. (card games) queen

Usage notes

Occasionally, in very formal or official registers, dame can be used as a title with a woman's name, for example dame Jeanne Dupont. Normal usage would be Madame Jeanne Dupont.

Synonyms

• d^e, lady, madame

Derived terms

• dame blanche
• dame d'attendre
• dame d'honneur
• Dame Nature
• grande dame
• jeu de dames
• madame

Descendants

• ? Catalan: dama
• ? Friulian: dame
• ? Galician: dama
• ? German: Dame
• ? Polish: dama
• ? Portuguese: dama
• ? Romanian: dam?
• ? Spanish: dama

See also

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

dame f

1. plural of dama

Japanese

Romanization

dame

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French dame, from Latin domina.

Alternative forms

• damme, dam

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?da?m(?)/, /?dam(?)/

Noun

dame (plural dames)

1. lady (high-ranking or noble woman):
   1. abbess (governor of a nunnery)
   2. (rare) A female anchorite (with servants)
2. A housewife (mistress of a family)
3. A mother (of humans, animals, or plants)
4. A term of address for a noble lady.
5. A respectful term of address for any woman (sometimes sarcastic).

Related terms

• madame
• stepdame

Descendants

• English: dame; dam
• Scots: dame, deem; dam

References

• “d?me, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Noun

dame

1. Alternative form of dam (“dam”)

Etymology 3

Verb

dame

1. Alternative form of dampnen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin domina, via Old French dame and late Old Norse damma.

Noun

dame f or m (definite singular dama or damen, indefinite plural damer, definite plural damene)

1. a lady, woman
2. (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
3. (card games) a queen

Derived terms

References

• “dame” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin domina, via Old French dame and late Old Norse damma.

Noun

dame f (definite singular dama, indefinite plural damer, definite plural damene)

1. a lady, woman
2. (romantic relationship) a girlfriend
3. (card games) a queen

Derived terms

References

• “dame” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dãm?]
• Rhymes: -am?

Noun

dame f (oblique plural dames, nominative singular dame, nominative plural dames)

1. lady; woman

Usage notes

• Unlike in modern French, fame usually refers to a wife, while dame refers to a woman.

Descendants

• Bourguignon: daime
• Franc-Comtois: daime
• ? Italian: dama
• Lorrain: daime
• ? Middle English: dame, damme, dam
  • English: dame; dam
  • Scots: dame, deem; dam
• Middle French: dame
  • French: dame
    • ? Catalan: dama
    • ? Friulian: dame
    • ? Galician: dama
    • ? German: Dame
    • ? Polish: dama
    • ? Portuguese: dama
    • ? Romanian: dam?
    • ? Spanish: dama
  • ? Middle Dutch: dame
    • Dutch: dame
• Norman: dame
• ? Norwegian Bokmål: dame
• ? Norwegian Nynorsk: dame
• Picard: danme

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dame]

Noun

dame f

1. indefinite plural of dam?
2. indefinite genitive/dative singular of dam?

Spanish

Verb

dame

1. Compound of the informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of dar, da and the pronoun me: give me!