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gallon
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)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- (Britain, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- (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)
- 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)
- (Jersey) gallon
Tatar
Noun
gallon
- gallon (a unit of volume)
References
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Declension
gallon From the web:
- = 3.78541178 liters
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rundlet
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???ndl?t/
Noun
rundlet (plural rundlets)
- A small barrel of no certain dimensions, which may contain from 3 to 20 gallons.
- A measure for liquids, as for wine, usually 18.5 gallons.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:
- Again, by 28 Hen. VIII, cap. 14, it is re-enacted that the tun of wine should contain 252 gallons, a butt of Malmsey 126 gallons, a pipe 126 gallons, a tercian or puncheon 84 gallons, a hogshead 63 gallons, a tierce 41 gallons, a barrel 31.5 gallons, a rundlet 18.5 gallons.
- 1882, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, p. 205:
Anagrams
- trundle
rundlet From the web:
- = 68.1913782 liters
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