gallon
See also: Gallon
English
Etymology
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”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillō (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡælən/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ælən
- Hyphenation: gal‧lon
Noun
gallon (plural gallons)
- A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
- (British, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
- (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
- (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
- (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).
- The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
a unit of volume used for liquids
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a gallon in the U.S. customary system
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Anagrams
French
Further reading
- “gallon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɒlːon]
- Hyphenation: gal‧lon
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | gallon | gallonok |
| accusative | gallont | gallonokat |
| dative | gallonnak | gallonoknak |
| instrumental | gallonnal | gallonokkal |
| causal-final | gallonért | gallonokért |
| translative | gallonná | gallonokká |
| terminative | gallonig | gallonokig |
| essive-formal | gallonként | gallonokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | gallonban | gallonokban |
| superessive | gallonon | gallonokon |
| adessive | gallonnál | gallonoknál |
| illative | gallonba | gallonokba |
| sublative | gallonra | gallonokra |
| allative | gallonhoz | gallonokhoz |
| elative | gallonból | gallonokból |
| delative | gallonról | gallonokról |
| ablative | gallontól | gallonoktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
galloné | gallonoké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
gallonéi | gallonokéi |
| Possessive forms of gallon | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | gallonom | gallonjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | gallonod | gallonjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | gallonja | gallonjai |
| 1st person plural | gallonunk | gallonjaink |
| 2nd person plural | gallonotok | gallonjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | gallonjuk | gallonjaik |
References
- Pusztai, Ferenc (ed.). Magyar értelmező kéziszótár (’A Concise Explanatory Dictionary of Hungarian’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2003. 2nd, expanded and revised edition. →ISBN
Norman
Etymology
From Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish [Term?], ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).
Tatar
Noun
gallon
- gallon (a unit of volume)
- gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä
- if a gallon of gasoline reaches 3 dollars
Declension
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