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Webster 1913 Edition


Gala

Ga′la

,
Noun.
[F.
gala
show, pomp, fr. It.
gala
finery, gala; of German origin. See
Gallant
.]
Pomp, show, or festivity.
Macaulay.
Gala day
,
a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gala

GA'LA

,
Noun.
A gala day is a day of pomp, show or festivity, when persons appear in their best apparel.

Definition 2024


Gala

Gala

See also: gala, gála, galā, gaļa, γάλα, and gaļā

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



German

Etymology

From Latin gala.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaːla/

Noun

Gala f (genitive Gala, plural Galas)

  1. gala

gala

gala

See also: Gala, gála, galā, gaļa, γάλα, and gaļā

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


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

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

Synonyms

  • (scream): orga

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡal̪ˠə]

Noun

gala

  1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
gala ghala ngala
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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


Kilivila

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡala/

Particle

gala

  1. not
    Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

Idioms

  • gala wala

Interjection

gala

  1. no

Anagrams

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

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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Polish

Etymology

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
Inflection of gala 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gala galan galor galorna
Genitive galas galans galors galornas
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

Anagrams


Welsh

Noun

gala

  1. Soft mutation of cala.