Galle

See also: galle and gälle

English

Proper noun

Galle

  1. A city in Sri Lanka.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalə/
  • Rhymes: -alə
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Etymology 1

From Middle High German galle, from Old High German galla, from Proto-West Germanic *gallā, from Proto-Germanic *gallǭ. Cognate with English gall.

Noun

Galle f (genitive Galle, plural Gallen)

  1. bile, gall
  2. (colloquial) gallbladder
Declension
Declension of Galle [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Galle die Gallen
genitive einer der Galle der Gallen
dative einer der Galle den Gallen
accusative eine die Galle die Gallen

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle High German galle, from Proto-West Germanic *gallō, from Proto-Germanic *gallô. Cognate with Old English ġealla and Icelandic galli.

Noun

Galle f (genitive Galle, plural Gallen)

  1. (veterinary medicine) abnormal swelling
  2. (phytopathology) gall (like that caused by the gall wasp)

Further reading

  • “Galle#1” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Galle#2” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Galle” in Duden online
  • “Galle” in Duden online

Latin

Adjective

Galle

  1. vocative masculine singular of Gallus

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *galle, from Proto-West Germanic *gallā, from Proto-Germanic *gallǭ.

Noun

Galle f

  1. gall
  2. bile
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