galop
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English
Etymology
From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.
Noun
galop (plural galops)
- A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
- The music for a dance of this kind.
Verb
galop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopping, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)
- To dance the galop.
Anagrams
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
galop (present galop, present participle galoppende, past participle galop)
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
galop m (plural galops)
Related terms
Further reading
- “galop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)
Inflection
Declension of galop
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | galop | galoppen | galopper | galopperne |
| genitive | galops | galoppens | galoppers | galoppernes |
Further reading
- “galop” in Den Danske Ordbog
French
Etymology
From galoper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.lo/
- IPA(key): /ɡa.lɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
- Rhymes: -o, -ɔ
- Homophones: galops (general), gallo (form 1 only)
Noun
galop m (plural galops)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “galop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
galop m (invariable)
- galop (originally German folk dance)
Further reading
- galop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from German Galopp, from French galop.
Pronunciation
Noun
galop m inan (diminutive galopek)
- canter (three-beat horse gait)
- (colloquial) fast run of a person
- (colloquial) very rapid pace of changes
Declension
Declension of galop
Noun
galop m inan
- (historical) galop (lively French country dance of the nineteenth century)
- (historical, music) galop (music for a dance of this kind)
Declension
Declension of galop
Derived terms
adjective
adverb
nouns
verb
- galopować impf
Further reading
- galop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- galop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
galop n (plural galopuri)
Declension
Declension of galop
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) galop | galopul | (niște) galopuri | galopurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) galop | galopului | (unor) galopuri | galopurilor |
| vocative | galopule | galopurilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
Noun
gàlop m (Cyrillic spelling га̀лоп)