English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/
    • (file)

Etymology 1 edit

From French gaga.

Adjective edit

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

  1. (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
  2. (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
    • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:
      Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
  3. (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes edit
  • As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
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Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

gaga (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (game resembling dodgeball)

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

gaga

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

Barngarla edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gaga

  1. head

References edit

Bikol Central edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish gaga.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/, [ˈɡa.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun edit

gága

  1. (vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/, [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun edit

gâgâ

  1. (Naga) act of boiling
    Synonym: laga
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French edit

Etymology edit

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (senile)

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

gaga (plural gagas)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
  2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
  3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

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gaga (plural gagai)

  1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

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Gamilaraay edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gaga

  1. wine

References edit

  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

German edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • (file)

Adjective edit

gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)

  1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

Further reading edit

  • gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • gaga” in Duden online
  • gaga” in Duden online

Iban edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Adjective edit

gaga

  1. happy
Derived terms edit

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Verb edit

gaga

  1. make, do

Indonesian edit

 
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Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, dry field), from Old Javanese gagā (non-irrigated rice-field)

Noun edit

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (agriculture) dry field
    Synonym: huma
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Etymology 2 edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus).

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Romanization edit

gaga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

Javanese edit

Romanization edit

gaga

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦒ

Lindu edit

Adverb edit

gaga

  1. very

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun edit

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective edit

gaga

  1. feminine singular of gago

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French gaga.

Adjective edit

gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)

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gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. brother

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Noun edit

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective edit

gaga f

  1. feminine singular of gago

Tagalog edit

Etymology 1 edit

Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/, [ˈɡa.ɣɐ]

Adjective edit

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, offensive)

  1. feminine of gago
Derived terms edit

Noun edit

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, offensive)

  1. feminine of gago

Etymology 2 edit

Compare Malay gagah (compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡa/, [ɡɐˈɣa]

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gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)

  1. usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
    Synonym: pangangagaw
  2. rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
    Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
  3. gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
    Synonym: busal
  4. (obsolete) ban; prohibition
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Etymology 3 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]

Noun edit

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. restlessness; mischief
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Etymology 4 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]

Noun edit

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter , corresponding to "ga"

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Etymology 5 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡaʔ/, [ˈɡa.ɣɐʔ]

Noun edit

gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)

  1. a type of nettle

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Turkish edit

 
gagalar

Etymology edit

From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

  1. bill, beak

Declension edit

Inflection
Nominative gaga
Definite accusative gagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative gaga gagalar
Definite accusative gagayı gagaları
Dative gagaya gagalara
Locative gagada gagalarda
Ablative gagadan gagalardan
Genitive gaganın gagaların

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Noun edit

gágà

  1. (rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
    Synonym: ìgò