gala
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala,[1] or Spanish gala,[2] both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (“scabies”).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑːlə, -ælə, -eɪlə
Audio (UK) (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːlə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈɡælə/, /ˈɡeɪlə/, /ˈɡɑːlə/
Adjective edit
gala (not comparable)
Translations edit
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Noun edit
gala (plural galas)
- (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
- A competition
- a swimming gala
- (countable) A showy and festive party.
- A red-skinned variety of eating apple.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “gala”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “gala”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Etymology 2 edit
From Sumerian 𒍑𒆪 (gala), cognate to Akkadian 𒍑𒆪 (kalû). A connection to the similar Phrygian and Roman priests of Cybele called gallae or galli has been suggested, but evidence is lacking.[1]
Noun edit
gala (plural galas)
- (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
- 2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, Martha Tobi Roth), page 50:
- (6) Some galas/kalûs are mentioned in Pre-Sargonic and Old Babylonian texts in connection with classes of women, maids, and ḫarimtu-women.
- (7) The gala is sometimes mentioned in the same context with other functionaries [...]
- 2008, Uri Gabbay, The Akkadian word for "third gender" / the kalû (gala) once again, in Proceedings of the 51st Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale, Held at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, July 18-22, 2005 (edited by Robert D. Biggs, Jennie Myers, Martha Tobi Roth), page 50:
References edit
- ^ Philippe Borgeaud, Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary (2004), page 48
Anagrams edit
Bambara edit
Noun edit
gala
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Richard Nci Diarra, Lexique bambara-français-anglais, December 13, 2010
Bongo edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala
References edit
- Moi, Daniel Rabbi and Mario Lau Babur Kuduku, Sister Mary Mangira Michael, Simon Hagimir John, Rapheal Zakenia Paul Mafoi, Nyoul Gulluma Kuduku. 2018. Bongo – English Dictionary. Juba, South Sudan. SIL-South Sudan.
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Old French gale (“pleasure”), from galer (“enjoy onself”).
Noun edit
gala f (plural gales)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gala f (plural gales)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ga‧la
Noun edit
gala
- a gala; a ball
- money thrown to or pinned to the clothing of the wedding couple in a money dance
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian or Spanish gala.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala n (plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)
- A ceremonial celebration, originally a ball (formal dance), now often a prom.
- Formal dress.
- Synonyms: galakleding, staatsiegewaad, staatsiekleding
Derived terms edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
gala (third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólu, supine galið)
- to crow (of a chicken)
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of gala (group v-58) | ||
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infinitive | gala | |
supine | galið | |
participle (a26)1 | galandi | galin |
present | past | |
first singular | gali | gól |
second singular | gelur | gól(st) |
third singular | gelur | gól |
plural | gala | gólu |
imperative | ||
singular | gal! | |
plural | galið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file) - Homophones: galas, galât
Verb edit
gala
- third-person singular past historic of galer
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
Probably cognate with Spanish agalla.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala f (plural galas)
References edit
- “gala” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “gala” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “gala” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
gala
- inflection of galar:
Garo edit
Verb edit
gala
- to throw away
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
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)
- (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
- (intransitive) to cry, to scream
Conjugation edit
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.
infinitive (nafnháttur) |
að gala | ||||
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supine (sagnbót) |
galað | ||||
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar) |
galandi | ||||
indicative (framsöguháttur) |
subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur) | ||||
present (nútíð) |
ég gala | við gölum | present (nútíð) |
ég gali | við gölum |
þú galar | þið galið | þú galir | þið galið | ||
hann, hún, það galar | þeir, þær, þau gala | hann, hún, það gali | þeir, þær, þau gali | ||
past (þátíð) |
ég galaði | við göluðum | past (þátíð) |
ég galaði | við göluðum |
þú galaðir | þið göluðuð | þú galaðir | þið göluðuð | ||
hann, hún, það galaði | þeir, þær, þau göluðu | hann, hún, það galaði | þeir, þær, þau göluðu | ||
imperative (boðháttur) |
gala (þú) | galið (þið) | |||
Forms with appended personal pronoun | |||||
galaðu | galiði * | ||||
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred. |
Synonyms edit
- (scream): orga
See also edit
Indonesian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Sanskrit गल (gala, “neck, resin”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch gala (“ball”), from French gala, from Spanish gala, from Old Spanish gala, from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala
Further reading edit
- “gala” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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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 edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala f (plural gale)
- bow (ornament on a dress etc.)
- bow tie (large)
- frill, flounce, ruche (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)
- roche, ruching, ruffle
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to rejoice”).
Noun edit
gala m (invariable)
Synonyms edit
Descendants edit
- → Portuguese: gala
Anagrams edit
Kilivila edit
Pronunciation edit
Particle edit
gala
Idioms edit
Interjection edit
gala
References edit
- Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 223. →ISBN
Anagrams edit
Latvian edit
Noun edit
gala m
Ledo Kaili edit
Noun edit
gala
Manchu edit
Romanization edit
gala
- Romanization of ᡤᠠᠯᠠ
Maranao edit
Noun edit
gala
Minangkabau edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayic *ɡəlaɣ.
Noun edit
gala
Synonyms edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Alternative forms edit
- gale (e infinitive)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
gala (present tense gjel, past tense gol, supine gale, past participle galen, present participle galande, imperative gal)
- to crow (to make the sound of a cuckoo or a rooster)
References edit
- “gala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
gala
Conjugation edit
infinitive | gala | |
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present participle | galandi | |
past participle | galinn | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gel | gól |
2nd-person singular | gelr | gólt |
3rd-person singular | gelr | gól |
1st-person plural | gǫlum | gólum |
2nd-person plural | galið | góluð |
3rd-person plural | gala | gólu |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gala | gǿla |
2nd-person singular | galir | gǿlir |
3rd-person singular | gali | gǿli |
1st-person plural | galim | gǿlim |
2nd-person plural | galið | gǿlið |
3rd-person plural | gali | gǿli |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | gal | |
1st-person plural | gǫlum | |
2nd-person plural | galið |
infinitive | galask | |
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present participle | galandisk | |
past participle | galizk | |
indicative | present | past |
1st-person singular | gǫlumk | gólumk |
2nd-person singular | gelsk | gólzk |
3rd-person singular | gelsk | gólsk |
1st-person plural | gǫlumsk | gólumsk |
2nd-person plural | galizk | góluzk |
3rd-person plural | galask | gólusk |
subjunctive | present | past |
1st-person singular | gǫlumk | gǿlumk |
2nd-person singular | galisk | gǿlisk |
3rd-person singular | galisk | gǿlisk |
1st-person plural | galimsk | gǿlimsk |
2nd-person plural | galizk | gǿlizk |
3rd-person plural | galisk | gǿlisk |
imperative | present | |
2nd-person singular | galsk | |
1st-person plural | gǫlumsk | |
2nd-person plural | galizk |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Old Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.
Verb edit
gala
Conjugation edit
present | past | ||||
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infinitive | gala | — | |||
participle | galandi, galande | galin | |||
active voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | gal | gali, gale | — | gōl | gōli, gōle |
þū | gal | gali, gale | gal | gōlt | gōli, gōle |
han | gal | gali, gale | — | gōl | gōli, gōle |
vīr | galum, galom | galum, galom | galum, galom | gōlum, gōlom | gōlum, gōlom |
īr | galin | galin | galin | gōlin | gōlin |
þēr | gala | galin | — | gōlu, gōlo | gōlin |
mediopassive voice | indicative | subjunctive | imperative | indicative | subjunctive |
iæk | — | — | — | — | — |
þū | — | — | — | — | — |
han | — | — | — | — | — |
vīr | — | — | — | — | — |
īr | — | — | — | — | — |
þēr | — | — | — | — | — |
Descendants edit
- Swedish: gala
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala f (related adjective galowy)
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -alɐ
- Hyphenation: ga‧la
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Italian gala.[1][2]
Noun edit
gala f (plural galas)
- gala (showy and festive party)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
gala f (plural galas)
- (Northeast Brazil, vulgar) sperm
- chalaza (spiral band which attach the yolk of an egg to the eggshell)
- Synonym: galadura
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
gala
- inflection of galar:
References edit
- ^ “gala” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “gala” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Sidamo edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Kambaata gal-.
Verb edit
gala
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
gala
- (transitive) to conceal
References edit
- Kazuhiro Kawachi (2007) A grammar of Sidaama (Sidamo), a Cushitic language of Ethiopia, page 30
- Gizaw Shimelis, editor (2007), “gala”, in Sidaama-Amharic-English dictionary, Addis Ababa: Sidama Information and Culture department
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin Gallus (“Gaulish”).
Adjective edit
gala
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to enjoy oneself”). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).
Noun edit
gala f (plural galas)
- gala
- elegant dress, male clothes, specially those used in a gala
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams edit
Sumerian edit
Romanization edit
gala
- Romanization of 𒍑𒆪 (gala)
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala c
Declension edit
Declension of gala | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gala | galan | galor | galorna |
Genitive | galas | galans | galors | galornas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish gala, from Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.
Verb edit
gala (present gal, preterite gol, supine galit, imperative gal)
- 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)
- förrän hanen har galit ... Och i detsamma gol hanen ... Förrän hanen gal
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | gala | — | ||
Supine | galit | — | ||
Imperative | gal | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | galen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | gal | gol | — | — |
Ind. plural1 | gala | golo | — | — |
Subjunctive2 | gale | gole | — | — |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | galande | |||
Past participle | galen | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Derived terms edit
See also edit
References edit
- gala in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gala in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gala in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)
- wandering around; travelling around
- Synonyms: libot, paglibot, paglilibot
- travel (to far places)
- aimless wandering; act of going around aimlessly
- Synonyms: lakwatsa, paglalakwatsa
- (Batangas) act of courting a woman
- Synonyms: ligaw, pagligaw, panliligaw
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
galâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)
- having the habit of wandering; having a wanderlust
- well-traveled (of a person)
- Synonyms: mapaglakbay, libot, layas, lagalag
- having been visited often (of a place)
- Synonym: libot
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Spanish gala, from Old French gale (“rejoicing”), from galer (“to enjoy oneself”).
Alternative forms edit
- degala — dress
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)
Adjective edit
gala (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎ)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “gala”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Italian gala.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gala (definite accusative galayı, plural galalar)
- The first, exclusive showing of a movie, play etc. for critics or special guests.
- The party after such a ceremony.
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | gala | |
Definite accusative | galayı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | gala | galalar |
Definite accusative | galayı | galaları |
Dative | galaya | galalara |
Locative | galada | galalarda |
Ablative | galadan | galalardan |
Genitive | galanın | galaların |
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “gala”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
Further reading edit
- “gala”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “gala³”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1632
Welsh edit
Noun edit
gala
- Soft mutation of cala.
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
cala | gala | nghala | chala |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |