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Galois
Galois
See also: galois
Old French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.lojs/
Noun
Galois m (oblique plural Galois, nominative singular Galois, nominative plural Galois)
- Welsh person; Welshman
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
- Percevaus li Galois
- Perceval the Welshman
- Percevaus li Galois
- circa 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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Sire, sachiez bien antreset
que Galois sont tuit par nature
plus fol que bestes an pasture
cist est ausi con une beste.- Sire, you know that we both know
That the Welsh are all by their nature
More insane than the beasts in the fields
And this one is as stupid as a beast.
- Sire, you know that we both know
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Sire, sachiez bien antreset
- circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:
Declension
Declension of Galois
Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine |
---|---|---|---|
Singular | Subject | Galois | Galoise |
Oblique | Galois | Galoise | |
Plural | Subject | Galois | Galoises |
Oblique | Galois | Galoises |
Descendants
- French: Gallois
galois
galois
See also: Galois
Old French
Adjective
galois m (oblique and nominative feminine singular galoise)
- Welsh
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:
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Diz tu donc del vaslet galois
- Are you talking about the Welsh servant boy?
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Diz tu donc del vaslet galois
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Descendants
- French: gallois