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galosh

galosh

English

Noun

galosh ‎(plural galoshes)

(Britain) A waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow.
(US) A waterproof rubber boot, intended to be worn in wet or muddy conditions.

Synonyms

(waterproof rubber boot): Wellington boot

See also

Translations

waterproof overshoe used to provide protection from rain or snow

Albanian: galloshe (sq) f
Belarusian: гало́ш m ‎(halóš)
Bulgarian: гало́ш m ‎(galóš), шушо́н m ‎(šušón)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 套鞋 (zh) ‎(tàoxié), 膠鞋, 胶鞋 ‎(jiāoxié)
Czech: galoše f
Danish: galoche c
Dutch: overschoen (nl) m, galoche f
Finnish: kalossi (fi)
French: (Quebec) claque (fr) f, galoche (fr) f
German: Galosche (de) f, Überschuh m, Gamasche (de) f
Hungarian: kalucsni (hu)
Italian: galoscia f
Japanese: ガロッシュ ‎(garosshu)
Korean: 오버슈즈 ‎(obeosyujeu)
Macedonian: галош m ‎(galoš)

Navajo: kéʼachogii, kéchogii
Polish: kalosz (pl) m
Portuguese: galocha (pt) f
Russian: гало́ша (ru) f ‎(galóša), кало́ша (ru) f ‎(kalóša)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: калоша f, каљача f

Roman: kaloša f, kaljača (sh) f
Slovak: galoša f
Slovene: kaljača f
Southern Altai: калош ‎(kaloş)
Spanish: bota para la lluvia f, bota de lluvia f, bota de goma f, zueco (es) m, chanclo (es) m
Swedish: galosch c
Turkish: galoş (tr), şoson (tr)
Ukrainian: кало́ша f ‎(kalóša)
Yiddish: קאַלאָש f ‎(kalosh)

References

↑ Barnhart, Robert K., ed., Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology, H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.
↑ Klein, Dr. Ernest, A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language, Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Publishing Co., 1971.
↑ Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, 2002.

Etymology

From Middle English galoche, from Old French galoche ‎(“shoe with a wooden sole”), but further uncertain; three main theories exist:

From Vulgar Latin *galopium, from Ancient Greek καλοπόδιον ‎(kalopódion), diminutive of shoemaker's block ‎(shoemaker's block), compound of wood ‎(wood) and foot ‎(foot). More at holt and foot.^[1]
From Late Latin gallicula, diminutive of gallica (solea) ‎(“Gallic (sandal)”).^[2]
From Old French galette ‎(“flat round cake”), from galet ‎(“pebble”).^[3]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡəˈlɒʃ/