gallant
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gallant (comparativo more gallant, superlativo relativo most gallant)
- coraggioso, valoroso, eroico
- that gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds - quello spirito coraggioso ha raggiunto le nubi (Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, atto III, scena I)
- onorabile, nobile
- galante, cavalleresco, cortese
- (obsoleto) sfarzoso, splendido, lussuoso
- our royal, good and gallant ship - la nostra buona e splendida nave reale (Shakespeare, The Tempest, atto V, scena I)
- IPA: /ˈɡælənt/
Ascolta la pronuncia :
dal medio inglese galant, galaunt, dal francese antico galant ("nobile, coraggioso, galante"), da gale, in francese antico con il significato di "pompa, sfarzo", a sua volta o dalla radice germanica (franca) *wala-, "buono, bene" oppure dalla radice germanica *gail, "felice, orgoglioso"
- (coraggioso) brave, valiant
- (nobile) noble, honorable
- (galante) chivalrous
- The Free Dictionary, edizione online
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary