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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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runlet
English
Etymology 1
From run +? -let. Compare runnel.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)
- A small stream or brook.
- 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Milton
- To trace out to its marshy source every runlet that has cast in its tiny pitcherful with the rest.
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage 1993, p. 91:
- She followed the dry runlet to where a jutting shoulder formed a nook matted with briars.
- 1876, James Russell Lowell, Among My Books:Second Series, Milton
Etymology 2
From Middle English roundelet, from Old French rondelet (“roundlet”). More at roundlet.
Noun
runlet (plural runlets)
- (archaic) A wine measure, equivalent to 18 gallons.
runlet From the web:
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