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galon

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Antillean Creole

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Etymology

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From French gallon.

Noun

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galon

  1. gallon

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish galón.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡaˈl̪on̪]

Noun

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galón

  1. gallon

Cebuano

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Etymology

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From English gallon, from Old Northern French galun, galon (liquid measure) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (measure of wine), from Vulgar Latin *galla (vessel), possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon
  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlon/ [ɡɐˈl̪on̪]

Noun

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galon

  1. a gallon; a unit of volume equal to 3 pints
  2. a jug

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Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume)

Declension

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Esperanto

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Noun

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galon

  1. accusative singular of galo

French

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Etymology

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From galonner (to braid).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lɔ̃/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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galon m (plural galons)

  1. braid
  2. (military) stripe

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Descendants

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Indonesian

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sense 2

Etymology

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From Dutch gallon, from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (liquid measure) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (measure of wine), from Vulgar Latin *galla (vessel), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (goblet).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡalɔn]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

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galon (plural)

  1. gallon:
    1. exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
    2. 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
  2. 5-gallon water jug

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Further reading

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Malay

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Etymology

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From Dutch gallon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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galon (plural galon-galon, informal 1st possessive galonku, 2nd possessive galonmu, 3rd possessive galonnya)

  1. (Medan) gas station

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon, from Late Latin galum, galus, from Vulgar Latin *galla, possibly from Gaulish, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel-.

Noun

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galon m inan

  1. gallon (unit of volume used for liquids)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

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galon m inan (diminutive galonek or galonik)

  1. (military) epaulette, shoulder broad, shoulder strap (military insignia)
    Synonyms: epolet, naramiennik, pagon, szlifa
Declension
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adjective
verb

Further reading

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  • galon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • galon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

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galon n (plural galoane)

  1. gallon

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative galon galonul galoane galoanele
genitive-dative galon galonului galoane galoanelor
vocative galonule galoanelor

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gallon.

Noun

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gàlōn m (Cyrillic spelling га̀ло̄н)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume)

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
Hon har på sig galonjacka och galonbyxor
barn i galonbyxor

Etymology 1

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Genericized trademark from the brand name Galon.

Noun

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galon n or c

  1. thick plastic-coated fabric (used in for example rainwear and seats in vehicles)
Declension
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Declension of galon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite galon galons
definite galonet galonets
plural indefinite
definite
Declension of galon
nominative genitive
singular indefinite galon galons
definite galonen galonens
plural indefinite
definite
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French galon.

Noun

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galon c

  1. (military) a stripe
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References

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish galón.

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Noun

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galón (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. gallon
  2. chevron (insignia of military or police rank on the sleeve)

Anagrams

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Turkish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gallon.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈɫon/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lon

Noun

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galon (definite accusative galonu, plural galonlar)

  1. gallon (a unit of volume used for liquids)

Declension

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Inflection
Nominative galon
Definite accusative galonu
Singular Plural
Nominative galon galonlar
Definite accusative galonu galonları
Dative galona galonlara
Locative galonda galonlarda
Ablative galondan galonlardan
Genitive galonun galonların

Welsh

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Etymology 1

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From gâl (enemy) +‎ -on.

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Noun

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galon m pl

  1. plural of gâl (enemy)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of galon
radical soft nasal aspirate
galon alon ngalon unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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galon

  1. Soft mutation of calon (heart).

Mutation

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Mutated forms of calon
radical soft nasal aspirate
calon galon nghalon chalon

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.