galler

See also: Galler, gallér, and gäller

English

Etymology

From 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.

Catalan

Etymology

From gall +‎ -er.

Noun

galler m (plural gallers, feminine gallera, feminine plural galleres)

1. Person who trains gamecocks.

Further reading

• “galler”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

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

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	galler	gallers
	definite	gallret	gallrets
plural	indefinite	galler	gallers
	definite	gallren	gallrens

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

From Latin gallus.

Noun

galler c

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

Declension

Declension of galler

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	galler	gallers
	definite	gallern	gallerns
plural	indefinite	galler	gallers
	definite	gallerna	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

Verb

galler (first-person singular present gallaf)

1. (South Wales) Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire form of of gallu

Mutation

Mutated forms of galler

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
galler	aller	ngaller	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.