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English

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gala

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Etymology 1

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

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə
  


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  (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑːlə/
  


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  (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɡælə/, /ˈɡeɪlə/, /ˈɡɑːlə/
  

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. 
   Celebratory; festive.

Translations

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. 
   (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.


2. 
   (countable) A showy and festive party.

Derived terms

• gala dress


• gala pie

Translations

References

Etymology 2

Sumerian 𒍑𒆪 (gala), cognate to Akkadian 𒍑𒆪 (kalû).

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Gala (priests)

Wikipedia

Sumerian statuette of two galas found in the temple of Inanna at Mari.

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. 
   (historical) A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.
   
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     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 [...]

     
     

     
     
   
   

Anagrams

• 
  Gaal, agal, alga
  

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ga‧la
  

Noun

gala

1. a gala; a ball
   


2. 
   money thrown or pinned at the married couple in a money dance
   

Anagrams

• 
  laag, laga
  

Dutch

 gala on Dutch Wikipedia

People dressed for a Gala

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Noun

gala n (plural gala's, diminutive galaatje n)

1. 
   ball (formal dance)

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Verb

gala (third person singular past indicative gól, third person plural past indicative gólu, supine galið)

1. to crow (of a chicken)
   

Conjugation

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galas, galât

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /ˈkaːla/
  


• Rhymes: -aːla
  

Verb

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)

1. 
   (intransitive, of a rooster) to crow
   
   • Matthew 26:74 (Icelandic, English 1 and 2)
     

     
     En hann sór og sárt við lagði, að hann þekkti ekki manninn. Um leið gól hani.
     

     Then he began to call down curses on himself and he swore to them, "I don't know the man!" Immediately a rooster crowed.

     
     

     
     
   
   


2. 
   (intransitive) to cry, to scream
   

Conjugation

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.

Synonyms

• 
  (scream): orga
  

See also

• gaggalagú

Irish

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): [ˈɡal̪ˠə]
  

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Italian

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

gala

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology

From Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (“good, well”), from Proto-Germanic *wal-, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.la], /ˈɡala/
  

Noun

gala f (plural gale)

1. 
   bow (ornament on a dress etc)


2. 
   bow tie (large)


3. 
   frill, flounce, ruche (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)


4. 
   roche, ruching, ruffle
   

Synonyms

• frangia


• guarnitura


• frappa


• balza


• volant

Noun

gala m (invariable)

1. gala


2. festivity

Synonyms

• pompa


• pompa magna


• fasto


• magnificenza


• sontuosità

Anagrams

• alga

Kilivila

Pronunciation

• 
  IPA^(key): /ˈɡala/
  

Particle

gala

1. 
   not
   

   
   Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

   
   

Idioms

• gala wala

Interjection

gala

1. no

Anagrams

• laga

References

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 223. →ISBN
  

Latvian

Noun

gala m

1. genitive singular form of gals

Ledo Kaili

Noun

gala

1. brass

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gale

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /²ɡɑːlɑ/
  

Verb

gala (present tense gjel, past tense gol, past participle gale, present participle galande, imperative gal)

1. to crow (to make the sound of a cuckoo or a rooster)

References

• 
  “gala” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

gala

1. to sing
   


2. to crow
   


3. to chant (spells)

Conjugation

Related terms

• galdr


• hjala

Descendants

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

gala

1. to sing (of birds)


2. to crow (of roosters)


3. to charm, to enchant
   

Conjugation

Descendants

• Swedish: gala
  

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

gala

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

• From French gala, from Italian gala.

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.la/
  

Noun

gala f

1. 
   gala (festivity)
   


2. 
   costume for gala, formal dress
   

Declension

Further reading

• 
  gala in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

gala

Wikipedia ^pt

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. 
   gala (showy and festive party)
   

Verb

gala

1. 
   third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galar
   


2. 
   second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galar
   

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

gala

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Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /ˈɡala/
  

Etymology 1

From Latin Gallus (“Gaulish”).

Adjective

gala

1. Feminine singular of adjective galo.

Etymology 2

From Old French gale (“rejoicing”). Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

Noun

gala f (plural galas)

1. gala


2. elegant dress, male clothes, specially those used in a gala

Anagrams

• alga

Swedish

Etymology 1

This entry lacks etymological information. If you are familiar with the origin of this term, please add it to the page per etymology instructions, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.

Noun

gala c

1. 
   gala; festival
   

Declension

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish gala, from Old Norse gala, from Proto-Germanic *galaną.

Verb

gala (present gal, preterite gol, supine galit, imperative gal)

1. 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)

   
   

   
   

Conjugation

Derived terms

• galning


• gola


• hanegäll

Anagrams

• laga

Welsh

Noun

gala

1. 
   Soft mutation of cala.