galon
Antillean Creole
Etymology
From French gallon.
Noun
galon
- gallon
Bikol Central
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish galón.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧lon
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/
Noun
galón
- 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
Noun
galon
- a gallon; a unit of volume equal to 3 pints
- a jug
Derived terms
- ginalon
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English gallon.
Noun
galon m
- gallon (unit of volume)
Esperanto
Noun
galon
- accusative singular of galo
French
Etymology
From galonner (“to braid”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Noun
galon m (plural galons)
- braid
- (military) stripe
Derived terms
- prendre du galon
Descendants
- → English: galloon
- → Italian: gallone
- → Portuguese: galão
- → Romanian: galon
- → Spanish: galón
- → Tagalog: galon
- → Vietnamese: ga-lông
Further reading
- “galon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- lagon
Indonesian
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)
- gallon:
- exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- 5-gallon water jug
Derived terms
- bergalon-galon
Further reading
- “galon” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Dutch gallon.
Pronunciation
- (Medan) IPA(key): [ɡalɔn]
Noun
galon (plural galon-galon, informal 1st possessive galonku, 2nd possessive galonmu, 3rd possessive galonnya)
- (Medan) gas station
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡa.lɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -alɔn
- Syllabification: ga‧lon
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
- gallon (unit of volume used for liquids)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from French galon.
Noun
galon m inan (diminutive galonek or galonik)
- (military) epaulette, shoulder broad, shoulder strap (military insignia)
- Synonyms: epolet, naramiennik, pagon, szlifa
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | galon | galony |
| genitive | galonu | galonów |
| dative | galonowi | galonom |
| accusative | galon | galony |
| instrumental | galonem | galonami |
| locative | galonie | galonach |
| vocative | galonie | galony |
Derived terms
- galonowy
- galonować
Further reading
- galon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- galon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
From French galon.
Noun
galon n (plural galoane)
- gallon
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) galon | galonul | (niște) galoane | galoanele |
| genitive/dative | (unui) galon | galonului | (unor) galoane | galoanelor |
| vocative | galonule | galoanelor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English gallon.
Noun
gàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling га̀ло̄н)
- gallon (a unit of volume)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gàlōn | galoni |
| genitive | galóna | galona |
| dative | galonu | galonima |
| accusative | galon | galone |
| vocative | galone | galoni |
| locative | galonu | galonima |
| instrumental | galonom | galonima |
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish galón.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ga‧lon
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/, [ɡɐˈlon]
Noun
galón
- gallon
- chevron (insignia of military or police rank on the sleeve)
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gallon.
Noun
galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)
- 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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡalɔn/
Noun
galon
- Soft mutation of calon.
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| calon | galon | nghalon | chalon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||