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 *galla, 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/ 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). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === gallon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Loglan == Dutch == === Etymology === From English gallon. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡɛ.lən/ Hyphenation: gal‧lon === Noun === gallon m or n (uncountable, diminutive gallons n) gallon == French == === Etymology === From English gallon === Noun === gallon m (plural gallons) gallon === 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 === Etymology 1 === Internationalism via English gallon. ==== Noun ==== gallon (plural gallonok) gallon (a unit of volume) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === gall (“Gallic; Gaul”) +‎ -on (“on”, superessive suffix) ==== Adjective ==== gallon superessive singular of gall ==== Noun ==== gallon superessive singular of gall === References === == Norman == === Etymology === From Old Northern French galon, from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). === Noun === gallon m (plural gallons) (Jersey) gallon == Tatar == === Noun === gallon gallon (a unit of volume) ==== Declension ====