gaga

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English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From French gaga.

Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

  1. (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
  2. (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
    • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:
      Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
  3. (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes
  • As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

gaga (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

Balinese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

Barngarla

Pronunciation

Noun

gaga

  1. head

References

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gága

  1. (vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gâgâ

  1. (Naga) act of boiling
    Synonym: laga
Derived terms
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French

Etymology

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
  2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
  3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

Descendants

  • → English: gaga
  • ⇒ Italian: gagà
  • → Portuguese: gagá
  • → Romanian: gaga
  • → Spanish: gagá

Further reading

Ga

Pronunciation

Noun

gaga (plural gagai)

  1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

See also

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation

Noun

gaga

  1. wine

References

  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)

  1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

Further reading

  • “gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “gaga” in Duden online
  • “gaga” in Duden online

Iban

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Adjective

gaga

  1. happy
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Verb

gaga

  1. make, do

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, “dry field”), from Old Javanese gagā (“non-irrigated rice-field”)

Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (agriculture) dry field
    Synonym: huma
Alternative forms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus).

Further reading

Japanese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

Javanese

Romanization

gaga

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦒ

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: ga‧ga

Noun

gága

  1. act of chewing, munching, masticating

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gága”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎ (in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155

Lindu

Adverb

gaga

  1. very

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective

gaga

  1. feminine singular of gago

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaga.

Adjective

gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)

Declension

Declension of gaga (invariable)
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite gaga gaga gaga gaga
definite — — — —
genitive/
dative 		indefinite gaga gaga gaga gaga
definite — — — —

Salar

Noun

gaga (3rd person possessive , plural )

  1. brother

Spanish

Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

Adjective

gaga f

  1. feminine singular of gago

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)

  1. feminine of gago
Derived terms

Noun

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)

  1. feminine of gago

Etymology 2

Compare Malay gagah (“compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)

  1. usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
    Synonym: pangangagaw
  2. rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
    Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
  3. gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
    Synonym: busal
  4. (obsolete) ban; prohibition
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. restlessness; mischief
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜄ, corresponding to "ga"

See also

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

Noun

gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)

  1. a type of nettle

Further reading

Anagrams

Turkish

gagalar

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

  1. bill, beak

Declension

Inflection
Nominative gaga
Definite accusative gagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative gaga gagalar
Definite accusative gagayı gagaları
Dative gagaya gagalara
Locative gagada gagalarda
Ablative gagadan gagalardan
Genitive gaganın gagaların

Derived terms

See also

References

Yoruba

Pronunciation

Noun

gágà

  1. (rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
    Synonym: ìgò
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