galler

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See also: Galler, gallér, and gäller

English

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Etymology

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gall +‎ -er

Noun

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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

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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
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Often a synonym of things like (metal) fences (stängsel), just from having a grid pattern.

Declension
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Declension of galler 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative galler gallret galler gallren
Genitive gallers gallrets gallers gallrens
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Latin gallus.

Noun

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galler c

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

References

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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galler

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

Mutation

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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.