Galois

See also: galois

English

Proper noun

Galois

1. A surname from French.
2. French mathematician Évariste Galois

Derived terms

• cogalois
• Galois field
• Galois group
• galoisian
• Galois theory

 

Anagrams

• gas oil, oil gas

French

Proper noun

Galois ?

1. a surname from Old French; variant form Gallois

Old French

Etymology

Gales +‎ -ois

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈloi̯s/

Noun

Galois oblique singular, m (oblique plural Galois, nominative singular Galois, nominative plural Galois)

1. Welsh person; Welshman
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Percevaus li Galois

     Perceval the Welshman

   • c. 1180,, Chrétien de Troyes, Perceval ou le conte du Graal:

     Sire, sachiez bien antreset
     que Galois sont tuit par nature
     plus fol que bestes an pasture
     cist est ausi con une beste.

     Sire, you know that we both know
     That the Welsh are all by their nature
     More insane than the beasts in the fields
     And this one is as stupid as a beast.

Declension

	Case	masculine	feminine
singular	subject	Galois	Galoise
	oblique	Galois	Galoise
plural	subject	Galois	Galoises
	oblique	Galois	Galoises

Descendants

• French: Gallois