different between gala vs fayre

English

Etymology 1

From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, 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”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??l?
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????l?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??æl?/, /??e?l?/, /????l?/

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Translations

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. A competition

3. (countable) A showy and festive party.

Derived terms

• gala dress
• gala pie

Translations

References

Etymology 2

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

Noun

gala (plural 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 ?arimtu-women.

     (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries [...]

References

Anagrams

• Gaal, agal, alga

Bambara

Noun

gala

1. dye

References

• Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /??a.l?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Etymology 1

From Old French gale (“pleasure”), from galer (“enjoy onself”).

Noun

gala f (plural gales)

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

Derived terms

• de gala
• galejar

Related terms

• galà
• galant

Etymology 2

From Latin galla.

Noun

gala f (plural gales)

1. gall (abnormal swelling growth on a plant)

   Synonyms: agalla, ballaruc, cecidi

Further reading

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

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

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

Anagrams

• laag, laga

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian or Spanish gala

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?.la?/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

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

Derived terms

• galajurk
• galakleding
• kerstgala
• schoolgala

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Verb

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

1. to crow (of a chicken)

Conjugation

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galas, galât

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Garo

Verb

gala

1. to throw away

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galan?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka?la/
• Rhymes: -a?la

Verb

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

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

• (scream): orga

See also

• gaggalagú

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Sanskrit ?? (gala, “neck, resin”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ala/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

1. resin
2. neck

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

• IPA^(key): /?ala/
• Hyphenation: ga?la

Noun

gala

1. ball

Further reading

• “gala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??al???]

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Noun

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

Synonyms

• frangia
• guarnitura
• frappa
• balza
• volant

Etymology 2

From Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to rejoice”).

Noun

gala m (invariable)

1. gala
2. festivity

Synonyms

• pompa
• pompa magna
• fasto
• magnificenza
• sontuosità

Anagrams

• alga

Kilivila

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/

Particle

gala

1. not

   Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

Idioms

• gala wala

Interjection

gala

1. no

Anagrams

• laga

References

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

Latvian

Noun

gala m

1. genitive singular form of gals

Ledo Kaili

Noun

gala

1. brass

Manchu

Romanization

gala

1. Romanization of ????

Maranao

Noun

gala

1. plaster, glue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gale (e infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²???l?/

Verb

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)

References

• “gala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galan?, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *g?el- (“to shout, charm away”).

Verb

gala

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

Conjugation

Related terms

• galdr
• hjala

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galan?.

Verb

gala

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

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: gala

Polish

Etymology

From French gala, from Italian gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.la/

Noun

gala f

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

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) galowy
• (adverb) galowo

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian gala

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. gala (showy and festive party)

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galar

Sidamo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/

Verb

gala

1. (intransitive) to stay the night

References

• Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ala/, [??a.la]

Etymology 1

From Latin Gallus (“Gaulish”).

Adjective

gala

1. feminine singular of galo

Etymology 2

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

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

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

Derived terms

Anagrams

• alga

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Italian or Spanish gala

Noun

gala c

1. gala; festival

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• galning
• gola
• hanegäll

Anagrams

• laga

Tagalog

Noun

galà

1. (colloquial) wandering around; travelling around

Welsh

Noun

gala

1. Soft mutation of cala.

Mutation

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English fayr, feir, fager, from Old English fæ?er.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f??(?)/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Adjective

fayre (comparative fayrer or more fayre, superlative fayrest or most fayre)

1. (archaic) Fair, beautiful.
   • 15th century, Thomas Malory, Tale of Sir Tristram; published in Thomas Malory, Eugène Vinaver, editor, Malory: Works, London: Oxford University Press, 1971, OCLC 432570779, page 259:

     'Nay, I wyll nat so,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'for here is none that woll gyff ryghtuous jugemente. But I doute nat,' seyde sir Trystrames, 'my lady is fayrer than youres, and that woll I make good with my hondys, and who that woll sey the contrary, I woll preve hit on his hede!'

Etymology 2

From Old French foire, from Latin f?riae.

Noun

fayre (plural fayres)

1. (dated) A fair, a market.
   • 1533–1534, An Acte agaynst Forstallying & Regratying of Fyshe (25 Henry VIII, chapter 4); reprinted in The Statutes of the Realm: Printed by Command of His Majesty King George the Third, in Pursuance of an Address of the House of Commons of Great Britain. From Original Records and Authentic Manuscripts, volume III, [London]: Printed by George Eyre and Andrew Strahan, 1817, OCLC 758689339, page 440:

     WHERE AS before this tyme dyverse Actis of Parliament have byn made by the Kyngis most noble pgenitours agaynst forstallers and regratours of vytaile and other marchaundisez in markettis and fayres within this Realme of Englonde, […] Be it therfore enactid by auctorite of this psent parliament that noo maner of pson or psones of what estate degree or condicion he or they be, other then suche pson or psones as nowe be or herafter shalbe marchaunt venterers to Iselande, for the seid fysshe, […] shall bye any of the kindes of the seid fysshe at or [apon] the stone or at the seyd easte see syde or easte see costis, to sell the same fysshe agayn or any parte therof at any of the seid fayre or fayres callid Sturbrigge feyre Sancte Ives or Elye fayre; […]
2. (dated) Fare.

Usage notes

In the senses of "fair" (market) and "fare" (food and drink), fayre is still often used to lend an air of history or tradition, particularly in the United Kingdom; for example, a school's "summer fayre" or a university's "freshers' fayre", and "traditional English fayre [cuisine]".

Anagrams

• Freya, arefy, faery