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Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French gallon.

Noun

galon

  1. gallon

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡaˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galón

  1. gallon

Cebuano

Etymology

From English gallon, 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, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡɐˈl̪on̪]

Noun

galon

  1. a gallon; a unit of volume equal to 3 pints
  2. a jug

Derived terms

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

Noun

galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume)

Declension

Esperanto

Noun

galon

  1. accusative singular of galo

French

Etymology

From galonner (to braid).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

galon m (plural galons)

  1. braid
  2. (military) stripe

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

sense 2

Etymology

From Dutch gallon, from English gallon, from 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon, first-person possessive galonku, second-person possessive galonmu, third-person possessive galonnya)

  1. gallon:
    1. exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
    2. 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
  2. 5-gallon water jug

Derived terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Dutch gallon.

Pronunciation

Noun

galon (plural galon-galon, informal 1st possessive galonku, 2nd possessive galonmu, 3rd possessive galonnya)

  1. (Medan) gas station

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon, from Late Latin galum, galus, from Vulgar Latin *galla, possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Noun

galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume used for liquids)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon m inan (diminutive galonek or galonik)

  1. (military) epaulette, shoulder broad, shoulder strap (military insignia)
    Synonyms: epolet, naramiennik, pagon, szlifa
Declension
Derived terms
adjective
verb

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon n (plural galoane)

  1. gallon

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative galon galonul galoane galoanele
genitive-dative galon galonului galoane galoanelor
vocative galonule galoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

gàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling га̀ло̄н)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume)

Declension

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Hon har på sig galonjacka och galonbyxor
barn i galonbyxor

Etymology 1

Genericized trademark from the brand name Galon.

Noun

galon n or c

  1. thick plastic-coated fabric (used in for example rainwear and seats in vehicles)
Declension
Declension of galon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite galon galons
definite galonet galonets
plural indefinite
definite
Declension of galon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite galon galons
definite galonen galonens
plural indefinite
definite
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

galon c

  1. (military) a stripe
Declension

References

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

Noun

galón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. gallon
  2. chevron (insignia of military or police rank on the sleeve)

Anagrams

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɫon/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative galon
Definite accusative galonu
Singular Plural
Nominative galon galonlar
Definite accusative galonu galonları
Dative galona galonlara
Locative galonda galonlarda
Ablative galondan galonlardan
Genitive galonun galonların

Welsh

Etymology 1

From gâl (enemy) +‎ -on.

Pronunciation

Noun

galon m pl

  1. plural of gâl (enemy)

Mutation

Mutated forms of galon
radical soft nasal aspirate
galon alon ngalon unchanged

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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

galon

  1. Soft mutation of calon (heart).

Mutation

Mutated forms of calon
radical soft nasal aspirate
calon galon nghalon chalon

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