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 *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”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡælən/

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• Rhymes: -ælən
• Hyphenation: gal‧lon

gallon (plural gallons)

1. A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints
2. (British, Canada) exactly 4.54609 liters; an imperial gallon
3. (US) 231 cubic inches or approximately 3.785 liters for liquids (a "U.S. liquid gallon")
4. (US) one-eighth of a U.S. bushel or approximately 4.405 liters for dry goods (a "U.S. dry gallon").
5. (in the plural, informal) A large quantity (of any liquid).

   The pipe burst and gallons of water flooded into the kitchen.

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• Loglan

From English gallon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɛ.lən/

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• Hyphenation: gal‧lon

gallon m or n (uncountable, diminutive gallons n)

1. gallon

From English gallon

gallon m (plural gallons)

1. gallon

• “gallon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɒlːon]
• Hyphenation: gal‧lon

Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from English gallon.^[1]

gallon (plural gallonok)

1. gallon (a unit of volume)

gall (“Gallic; Gaul”) +‎ -on (“on”, superessive suffix)

gallon

1. superessive singular of gall

gallon

1. superessive singular of gall

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”).

gallon m (plural gallons)

1. (Jersey) gallon

gallon

1. gallon (a unit of volume)
   • 2005 October 18, färidä xämit, “AQŞ: Aq Yortta tikşerü alıp barıla”, in Azatlıq radiosı‎^[1]:

     gallon benzin 3 dollarğa citsä

     if a gallon of gasoline reaches 3 dollars