different between gallon vs galloon

English

Etymology

From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ????? (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit ??? (kala?a, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillo (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æl?n/
• Rhymes: -æl?n
• Hyphenation: gal?lon

Noun

gallon (plural gallons)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
2. (Britain, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
3. (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
4. (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
5. (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).

   The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

Translations

Descendants

• ? Cebuano: galon
• ? Czech: galon
• ? Serbo-Croatian: galon
• ? Turkish: galon

Further reading

• gallon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Loglan

French

Noun

gallon m (plural gallons)

1. gallon

Norman

Etymology

From Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Noun

gallon m (plural gallons)

1. (Jersey) gallon

Tatar

Noun

gallon

1. gallon (a unit of volume)

References

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Declension

English

Etymology

From French galon, from galonner (“to braid”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???lu?n/

Noun

galloon (countable and uncountable, plural galloons)

1. A braided trimming with bullion thread, used on men's coats in the eighteenth century, on women's apparel in the nineteenth, and on such furnishings as draperies or cushions.
   • 1918, Abraham Yarmolinsky, translating Ivan Bunin, The Gentleman from San Francisco:

     And when the "Atlantis" had finally entered the port and all its many-decked mass leaned against the quay, and the gang-plank began to rattle heavily, — what a crowd of porters, with their assistants, in caps with golden galloons, what a crowd of various boys and husky ragamuffins with pads of colored postal cards attacked the Gentleman from San Francisco, offering their services!

   • 1982, TC Boyle, Water Music, Penguin 2006, p. 194:

     His hair is tied back with a bit of silver galloon, and he is dressed with panache in a blue velvet jacket, white silk hose, buckled pumps.

Derived terms

• gallooned

Descendants

• ? Irish: galún

Translations

Further reading

• galloon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia