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

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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