gala

Etymology

From French gala or Italian gala, both from Medieval Latin, Latinized form of Frankish *wala (“good, well”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːlə

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

Adjective

gala (not comparable)

1. Celebratory; festive.

Noun

gala (plural galas)

1. (uncountable) Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. (countable) A showy and festive party.

Anagrams

• Gaal, agal, alga

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Noun

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

1. ball (formal dance)

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)

Pronunciation

• Homophones: galas, galât

Verb

gala

1. third-person singular past historic of galer

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• 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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡal̪ˠə]

Noun

gala

1. nominative plural of gal

Mutation

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡaː.la], /ˈɡala/

Noun

gala f (plural gale)

1. bow (ornament on a dress etc)
2. bow tie (large)
3. frill (guarnizione di trine o stoffa increspata)

Noun

gala m (invariable)

1. gala
2. festivity

Anagrams

• alga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡala/

Particle

gala

1. not

   Gala anukwali. - I do not know.

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

Noun

gala m

1. genitive singular form of gals

Alternative forms

• gale

Etymology

From Old Norse gala.

Pronunciation

• 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.

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)

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

Etymology

• From French gala, from Italian gala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.la/

Noun

gala f

1. gala (festivity)
2. costume for gala, formal dress

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

Adjective

gala

1. Feminine singular of adjective galo.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

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

Anagrams

• laga

Noun

gala

1. Soft mutation of cala.