Gal

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gal"

English

Proper noun

Gal

1. Alternative form of Gal..

Symbol

Gal

1. (metrology) The symbol for the cgs unit of acceleration, gal or galileo.

Anagrams

• AGL, ALG, Alg., GLA, LAG, LGA, lag

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin Gallus, probably of Celtic origin.

Proper noun

Gal m

1. Gallus

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡal]

Noun

Gal m anim (relational adjective galský)

1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Gal (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Gal	Galové
genitive	Gala	Galů
dative	Galovi, Galu	Galům
accusative	Gala	Galy
vocative	Gale	Galové
locative	Galovi, Galu	Galech
instrumental	Galem	Galy

Related terms

• Galie f

French

Noun

G^al m (plural G^aux)

1. abbreviation of général (when used as a title)

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French Galles, from Old English Wealas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡal/

Proper noun

Gal

1. Wales (a constituent country of the United Kingdom)

Holonyms

• Wayòm Ini

Related terms

• galwa

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German galle, from Old High German galla, from Proto-Germanic *gallō. Cognate with German Galle, Dutch gal, English gall, West Frisian galle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaːl/
  • Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Gal f (plural Galen)

1. bile
2. gall bladder

Synonyms

• (gall bladder): Galeblos

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

Galowie

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Gallus, probably of Celtic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡal/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: Gal
• Homophone: gal

Noun

Gal m pers (female equivalent Galijka)

1. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Gal

	singular	plural
nominative	Gal	Galowie
genitive	Gala	Galów
dative	Galowi	Galom
accusative	Gala	Galów
instrumental	Galem	Galami
locative	Galu	Galach
vocative	Galu	Galowie

Related terms

adjective

• galijski

noun

• Galia

Further reading

• Gal in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Gal in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaw/ [ˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal/ [ˈɡaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal/ [ˈɡaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.li/

Proper noun

Gal f

1. a female given name

Further reading

• “Gal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025

Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡàːl/

Proper noun

Gál m anim

1. a male given name

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	Gal
gen. sing.	Gala
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Gal	Gala	Gali
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Gala	Galov	Galov
dative (dajȃlnik)	Galu	Galoma	Galom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Gala	Gala	Gale
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Galu	Galih	Galih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Galom	Galoma	Gali

Further reading

• “Gal”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swedish

Proper noun

Gal

1. abbreviation of Galaterbrevet: Gal., Galatians