galler

See also: Galler, gallér, and gäller

English

Etymology

gall +‎ -er

Noun

galler (plural gallers)

1. One who or that which galls.
   • 1994, Peter W. Price, William J. Mattson, Yuri N. Baranchikov, The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-forming Insects, page 181:

     The most clear-cut species boundaries are among gallers of different plant parts — leaf blade, petiole, bud and twig.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish galdror, probably from Middle Low German gaddere (from whence German Gitter).

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

galler n

1. a grid, a lattice, bars; a pattern like XXX or ||| formed by several long, more-or-less rigid objects

   att skaka galler

   to be behind bars (to be in prison)

2. a grid (of an electronic vacuum tube)

Usage notes

Often a synonym of things like (metal) fences (stängsel), just from having a grid pattern.

Declension

Declension of galler
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	galler	gallret	galler	gallren
Genitive	gallers	gallrets	gallers	gallrens

Derived terms

• fängelsegaller
• gallerdurk
• gallerglugg
• gallergrind
• gallerport
• gallerspänning
• gallerström
• kylargaller
• spjälgaller

 

Etymology 2

From Latin gallus.

Noun

galler c

1. a Gaul; a person from the Gaul era

Declension

Declension of galler
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	galler	gallern	galler	gallerna
Genitive	gallers	gallerns	gallers	gallernas

References

• galler in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galler in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• galler in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• galler in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɛr/

Verb

galler

1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive of gallu
2. (literary) impersonal imperative of gallu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
galler	aller	ngaller	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.