galant
English edit
Proper noun edit
galant
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
galant m or f (masculine and feminine plural galants)
Usage notes edit
- In the sense of "excellent", galant precedes the noun it modifies, e.g. un galant jove ― a remarkable young man.
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
galant m (plural galants)
Further reading edit
- “galant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French edit
Etymology edit
Present participle of Old French galer, from Frankish *wala (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h₁)- (“to choose, wish”).
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
galant
Adjective edit
galant (feminine galante, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- gaulois (“bawdy”)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: galant, galà
- → English: gallant
- → German: galant
- → Romanian: galant
- → Russian: галантный (galantnyj)
- → Georgian: გალანტური (galanṭuri)
- → Spanish: galante, galán
Noun edit
galant m (plural galants)
Further reading edit
- “galant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Gallo edit
Etymology edit
From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).
Noun edit
galant m (plural galants)
German edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
galant (strong nominative masculine singular galanter, comparative galanter, superlative am galantesten)
Declension edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist galant | sie ist galant | es ist galant | sie sind galant | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | galanter | galante | galantes | galante |
genitive | galanten | galanter | galanten | galanter | |
dative | galantem | galanter | galantem | galanten | |
accusative | galanten | galante | galantes | galante | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der galante | die galante | das galante | die galanten |
genitive | des galanten | der galanten | des galanten | der galanten | |
dative | dem galanten | der galanten | dem galanten | den galanten | |
accusative | den galanten | die galante | das galante | die galanten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein galanter | eine galante | ein galantes | (keine) galanten |
genitive | eines galanten | einer galanten | eines galanten | (keiner) galanten | |
dative | einem galanten | einer galanten | einem galanten | (keinen) galanten | |
accusative | einen galanten | eine galante | ein galantes | (keine) galanten |
Further reading edit
Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
galant
Further reading edit
- Jan Trepczyk (1994) “szarmancki”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
- Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “szarmancki”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[1]
Norman edit
Etymology edit
From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).
Noun edit
galant m (plural galants)
Old French edit
Verb edit
galant
Adjective edit
galant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular galant or galante)
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
galant m or n (feminine singular galantă, masculine plural galanți, feminine and neuter plural galante)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | galant | galantă | galanți | galante | ||
definite | galantul | galanta | galanții | galantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | galant | galante | galanți | galante | ||
definite | galantului | galantei | galanților | galantelor |
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
galant (comparative galantare, superlative galantast)
Declension edit
Inflection of galant | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | galant | galantare | galantast |
Neuter singular | galant | galantare | galantast |
Plural | galanta | galantare | galantast |
Masculine plural3 | galante | galantare | galantast |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | galante | galantare | galantaste |
All | galanta | galantare | galantaste |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Adverb edit
galant (not comparable)
- splendidly, swimmingly
- Det där fixade du galant
- You did that splendidly
- Det gick galant
- It went swimmingly
See also edit
- ridderlig (“chivalrous”)