galant

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”). === Adjective === galant (historical, music, art) Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance. (music) Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== rococo == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French galant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [ɡəˈlan] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈlant] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈlant] === Adjective === galant m or f (masculine and feminine plural galants) gallant, charming, flirtatious (colloquial) remarkable, excellent ==== Usage notes ==== In the sense of "excellent", galant precedes the noun it modifies, e.g. un galant jove ― a remarkable young man. ==== Derived terms ==== galà galantejar galanteria === Noun === galant m (plural galants) gallant male lead, hero === Further reading === “galant”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Danish == === Etymology === From French galant. === Adjective === galant (plural and definite singular attributive galante) gallant, courteous Synonyms: ridderlig, beleven (archaic) promiscuous, loose Synonym: erotisk ==== Declension ==== === References === “galant” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Etymology === Present participle of Old French galer, from Frankish *wala (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h₁)- (“to choose, wish”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.lɑ̃/ === Participle === galant present participle of galer === Adjective === galant (feminine galante, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes) gallant, courteous, gentlemanly flirtatious, amorous; racy ==== Derived terms ==== femme galante galanterie rendez-vous galant ==== Related terms ==== gaulois (“bawdy”) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: galant, galà → English: gallant → German: galant → Portuguese: galante, galã → Romanian: galant → Russian: галантный (galantnyj)→ Georgian: გალანტური (galanṭuri) → Spanish: galante, galán → Vietnamese: ga-lăng === Noun === galant m (plural galants) (archaic or humorous) suitor, admirer === Further reading === “galant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === glanât == Gallo == === Etymology === From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”). === Noun === galant m (plural galants) lover == German == === Etymology === From French galant. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ant === Adjective === galant (strong nominative masculine singular galanter, comparative galanter, superlative am galantesten) gallant ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “galant” in Duden online “galant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Kashubian == === Etymology === Borrowed from German galant. Compare Masovian Polish galanty. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡa.lant/ Rhymes: -alant Syllabification: ga‧lant === Adjective === galant (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb) gallant === Further reading === Jan Trepczyk (1994), “szarmancki”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2 Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “szarmancki”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎[1] == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”). === Noun === galant m (plural galants) (Jersey) boyfriend == Old French == === Verb === galant present participle of galer === Adjective === galant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular galant or galante) brave; noble; chivalrous ==== Related terms ==== gale ==== Descendants ==== → Middle English: galant, galaunt English: gallant, gallaunt (obsolete) Middle French: galant French: galant (see there for further descendants) → Gallo: galant → Norman: galant == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French galant. === Adjective === galant m or n (feminine singular galantă, masculine plural galanți, feminine/neuter plural galante) gallant ==== Declension ==== == Swedish == === Adjective === galant (comparative galantare, superlative galantast) gallant, courteous, flirtatious ==== Declension ==== === Adverb === galant (not comparable) splendidly, swimmingly === See also === ridderlig (“chivalrous”) === References === “galant”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “galant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “galant”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)