different between soiree vs galla

English

Alternative forms

• soirée

Etymology

Borrowed from French soirée (“evening activity”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?sw????e?/
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

soiree (plural soirees)

1. A formal evening party.

Translations

Cimbrian

Etymology

From Middle High German galle, from Old High German galla, from Proto-Germanic *gall?. Cognate with German Galle, English gall.

Noun

galla f (Sette Comuni)

1. bile
2. gall (impudence)

References

• “galla” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Finnish

Noun

galla

1. (dated) Oromo (a language of Ethiopia)

Declension

Synonyms

• oromo

Galician

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *gallea, from Latin galla (“oak-apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?a?/

Noun

galla f (plural gallas)

1. twig

   Synonym: guizo

2. branch

   Synonym: póla

3. forked branch
4. prong
5. (also in the plural) fork
6. barb (of a hook)
7. gall (tumorous growt)

   Synonyms: bugallo, carrabouxo, coco

Derived terms

• esgallar
• gallado
• galladura
• gallar
• galleiro
• galleta
• galleto
• gallo

References

• “galla” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “galla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “galla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “galla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin galla.

Noun

galla f (plural galle)

1. gall
2. acorn
3. round pill
4. pimple (caused by sunburn)
5. hairgrip

Adjective

galla

1. feminine singular of gallo

Related terms

• a galla

Verb

galla

1. third-person singular present indicative of gallare
2. second-person singular imperative of gallare

Latin

Etymology

There are various hypotheses:

• Perhaps from or influenced by Germanic, if the sense is "poison-sore"; see Proto-Germanic *gall? (English gall).
• From Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“form into a ball; ball”). Cognate with Latin glaeba, glomus and Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“mass, lump, clump; clasp”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??al.la/, [??äl??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??al.la/, [???l??]

Noun

galla f (genitive gallae); first declension

1. the oak apple, gall-nut
2. a harsh, sour kind of wine

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• gallula
• *galleus (“oaken”)

Descendants

• Catalan: gala, agalla
• ? English: gall
• French: galle
• Italian: galla
• Portuguese: galha, galho
• Russian: ???? (gall)
• Spanish: galla, gajo

References

Further reading

• galla in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• galla in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• galla in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• galla in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• galla in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• galla in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *gasliy?, from *gas, of uncertain ultimate origin, but compare French gouine (“lesbian”), and Proto-Brythonic *gw??in (“sheath”). Borrowed as Welsh gast (“a bitch”). Pott has adduced Spanish galgo (“greyhound”), which, however, is founded on canis Gallicus. See gasradh for root.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ka???/

Noun

galla f (genitive singular galla, plural gallachan)

1. bitch

Usage notes

• Often used as a swear word, especially in compounds.

Derived terms

• mac na galla
• nighean na galla
• thalla gu taigh na galla

References

Spanish

Noun

galla f (plural gallas, masculine gallo, masculine plural gallos)

1. (Chile, colloquial) female equivalent of gallo, broad (US), chick, gal (woman)

   Synonym: tipa

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish galle, from Old Norse gall, from Proto-Germanic *gall?.

Noun

galla c (uncountable)

1. bile

Declension

Derived terms

• gallblåsa
• gallfeber
• gallsten
• gallskrik

Welsh

Alternative forms

• gall (literary, second-person singular imperative)
• gallaf (first-person singular present/future)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a?a/

Verb

galla

1. (colloquial) inflection of gallu:
   1. first-person singular present/future
   2. (rare) second-person singular imperative

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