gallon
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillō (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgallon (plural gallons)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- (British, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
- The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Cebuano: galon
- → Czech: galon
- → Portuguese: galão
- → Serbo-Croatian: galon
- → Swahili: galoni
- → Turkish: galon
Translations
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Further reading
editAnagrams
editFrench
editNoun
editgallon m (plural gallons)
Further reading
edit- “gallon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInternationalism via English gallon.[1]
Noun
editgallon (plural gallonok)
- gallon (a unit of volume)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | gallon | gallonok |
accusative | gallont | gallonokat |
dative | gallonnak | gallonoknak |
instrumental | gallonnal | gallonokkal |
causal-final | gallonért | gallonokért |
translative | gallonná | gallonokká |
terminative | gallonig | gallonokig |
essive-formal | gallonként | gallonokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | gallonban | gallonokban |
superessive | gallonon | gallonokon |
adessive | gallonnál | gallonoknál |
illative | gallonba | gallonokba |
sublative | gallonra | gallonokra |
allative | gallonhoz | gallonokhoz |
elative | gallonból | gallonokból |
delative | gallonról | gallonokról |
ablative | gallontól | gallonoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
galloné | gallonoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
gallonéi | gallonokéi |
Possessive forms of gallon | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | gallonom | gallonjaim |
2nd person sing. | gallonod | gallonjaid |
3rd person sing. | gallonja | gallonjai |
1st person plural | gallonunk | gallonjaink |
2nd person plural | gallonotok | gallonjaitok |
3rd person plural | gallonjuk | gallonjaik |
Etymology 2
editgall (“Gallic; Gaul”) + -on (“on”, superessive suffix)
Adjective
editgallon
Noun
editgallon
References
edit- ^ Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (“A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian”). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition →ISBN. Online searchable version (under development)
Norman
editEtymology
editFrom Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).
Noun
editgallon m (plural gallons)
Tatar
editNoun
editgallon
- gallon (a unit of volume)
- gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä
- if a gallon of gasoline reaches 3 dollars
Declension
editReferences
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- English terms derived from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Late Latin
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- en:Units of measure
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- hu:Units of measure
- Norman terms inherited from Old Northern French
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- nrf:Units of measure
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- tt:Units of measure