different between gallon vs pail

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 Middle English payle (“wooden container”), of uncertain origin.

Possibly from Old English pæ?el (“wine vessel, container for liquids, pail; liquid measure”), from Proto-Germanic *pagilaz, equivalent to peg +? -le. Compare Middle Dutch pegel (“half-pint”), Danish pægl (“half-pint”).

Alternatively from Old French paielle (“pan, cooking vessel, liquid measure”), from Latin patella (“shallow dish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pe?l/, enPR: p?l
  • IPA^(key): [p?e???], [p?e??]
• (US)
• Rhymes: -e?l
• Homophone: pale

Noun

pail (plural pails)

1. A vessel of wood, tin, plastic, etc., usually cylindrical and having a handle -- used especially for carrying liquids, for example water or milk; a bucket (sometimes with a cover).

   Synonym: bucket

2. (In technical use) A closed (covered) cylindrical shipping container.

Derived terms

• pailful

Translations

Anagrams

• ALIP, Pali, lipa, pali, pali-, pial, pila

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin pilus.

Noun

pail m

1. (body) hair

See also

• capei