gallo

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See also: Gallo, gallò, Gallo-, and gallo-

French

Etymology

From Breton gall (“a Gaul or a foreigner”), from being a language found in eastern Brittany of the non-Celts, from Latin gallus.

Pronunciation

Noun

gallo m (uncountable)

  1. Gallo

Further reading

Galician

Etymology 1

Probably from Vulgar Latin *galleus, from Latin galla (“oak-apple”). Cognate with Portuguese galho.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʎo̝/, /ˈħaʎʊ/

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos)

  1. fork; bifurcation
  2. prong
  3. forked branch
  4. (tools) fork
Derived terms

References

  • “gallo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “gallo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “gallo (galla)” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “gallo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “gajo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

Verb

gallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gallar

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡal.lo/
  • Rhymes: -allo
  • Hyphenation: gàl‧lo

Etymology 1

From Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Noun

gallo m (plural galli, feminine gallina)

  1. rooster, cock
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

From Latin Gallicus, from gallus (“a gaul”).

Adjective

gallo (feminine galla, masculine plural galli, feminine plural galle)

  1. Gallic
Related terms

Etymology 3

Verb

gallo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of gallare

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

gallō

  1. dative/ablative singular of gallus

References

Portuguese

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine gallinha, feminine plural gallinhas)

  1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of galo.

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish, from Latin gallus (“rooster”).

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈɡaʝo/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) /ˈɡaʎo/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈɡaʃo/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈɡaʒo/

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  • (most of Spain and Latin America) Rhymes: -aʝo
  • (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains) Rhymes: -aʎo
  • (Buenos Aires and environs) Rhymes: -aʃo
  • (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) Rhymes: -aʒo

  • Syllabification: ga‧llo

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine gallina, feminine plural gallinas)

  1. rooster, cock (male domestic chicken)

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos)

  1. megrim (genus Lepidorhombus, a kind of fish)
  2. John Dory (edible marine fish; Zeus faber or Zeus ocellata)
  3. common poppy (Papaver rhoeas)
  4. corn tortilla sandwich, usually filled with meat and/or beans, and other ingredients
  5. (boxing) bantamweight (weight class ranging from 112 to 118 pounds)
  6. voice crack (sudden, unintentional change in register, especially during puberty or while singing)
  7. (Mexico) serenade (love song sung directly to one's love interest)

Noun

gallo m (plural gallos, feminine galla, feminine plural gallas)

  1. (Chile, colloquial) guy, dude
    Synonyms: tipo; see also Thesaurus:tío
    Conocí a ese gallo anoche en el teatro.
    I met that guy last night at the theatre.
  2. (Venezuela, colloquial) nerd

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Highland Popoluca: ca̱yu
  • → Mecayapan Nahuatl: ca̱yo
  • → Oluta Popoluca: ga̱yu

See also

Further reading

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gallo

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of gallu

Mutation

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

Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish gallo, from Latin gallus.

Noun

gallo

  1. rooster

Related terms

References

  • Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C. (2006) Pequeño diccionario ilustrado: Náhuatl de los municipios de Zacatlán, Tepetzintla y Ahuacatlán‎, segunda edición edition, Tlalpan, D.F. México: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 8
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