galler

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See also: Galler, gallér, and gäller

English

Etymology

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.

Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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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 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galler gallret galler gallren
Genitive gallers gallrets gallers gallrens
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Latin gallus.

Noun

galler c

  1. a Gaul; a person from the Gaul era
Declension
Declension of galler 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galler gallern galler gallerna
Genitive gallers gallerns gallers gallernas

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

galler

  1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive of gallu
  2. (literary) impersonal imperative of gallu

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
galler aller ngaller unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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