English

Gala apples.

Proper noun

Gala

1. A type of apple which is a cross pollination between Kidd's Orange Red and Golden Delicious
2. Galashiels, a town in Scotland.

See also

• Gala apples on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

From Latin gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːla/

Noun

Gala f ‎(genitive Gala, plural Galas)

1. gala

English

Adjective

gala ‎(not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Translations

Noun

gala ‎(plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. (countable) A showy and festive party.

Translations

Anagrams

• agal, alga

Dutch

People dressed for a Gala

Pronunciation

Noun

gala n ‎(plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)

1. ball (formal dance)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Verb

gala ‎(third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólu, supine galið)

1. to crow (of a chicken)

Conjugation

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galas, galât

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːla/
• Rhymes: -aːla

Verb

gala ‎(weak verb, third-person singular past indicative galaði, supine galað)
gala ‎(strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gól, third-person plural past indicative gólum, supine galið)

1. (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
   • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)

     En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.

     Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

2. (intransitive) to cry, to scream

Conjugation

Originally a strong verb, but now most usually weak; the strong conjugation is mostly archaic or poetic, and is especially rare in the present tense.

See also

• gaggalagú

Synonyms

• (scream): orga

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡal̪ˠə]

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Italian

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala ‎(“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- ‎(“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.la], /ˈɡala/

Noun

gala f ‎(plural gale)

1. bow (ornament on a dress etc)
2. bow tie (large)
3. frill (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)

Noun

gala m ‎(invariable)

1. gala
2. festivity

Anagrams

• alga

Kilivila

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡala/

Particle

gala

1. not

   Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

Idioms

• gala wala

Interjection

gala

1. no

Anagrams

• laga

References

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 223. ISBN 3-11-010781-3

Latvian

Noun

gala m

1. genitive singular form of gals

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *galaną, whence also Old English galan, Old Saxon galan, Old High German galan. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- ‎(“to shout, charm away”).

Verb

gala

1. to sing
2. to crow
3. to chant (spells)

Related terms

• galdr
• hjala

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

gala

1. to sing (of birds)
2. to crow (of roosters)
3. to charm, to enchant

Conjugation

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Descendants

• Swedish: gala

Polish

Etymology

• From French gala, from Italian gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.la/

Noun

gala f

1. gala (festivity)
2. costume for gala, formal dress

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. gala (showy and festive party)

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galar

Spanish

Adjective

gala

1. feminine singular of galo

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun

gala c

1. gala; festival

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish gala, from Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

gala ‎(present gal, preterite gol, supine galit, imperative gal)

1. to crow; to make a sound characteristic of a rooster

   förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal

   before the cock crow ... And immediately the cock crew ... Before the cock crow (Matthew 26:34, 74, 75)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• galning
• gola
• hanegäll

Anagrams

• laga

Welsh

Noun

gala

1. Soft mutation of cala.