galop

See also: gàlop and galöp

English

Etymology

From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.

Noun

galop (plural galops)

  1. A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
  2. The music for a dance of this kind.

Verb

galop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopping, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)

  1. To dance the galop.

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From English gallop.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

galop (present galop, present participle galoppende, past participle galop)

  1. gallop

Catalan

Etymology

Deverbal from galopar.

Pronunciation

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

  1. gallop (fastest gait of a horse)
  2. (music) galop (country dance in 2/4 time)

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From French galop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalɔp/, [ɡ̊aˈlʌb̥]

Noun

galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)

  1. gallop
  2. galop (dance)

Inflection

Further reading

French

Etymology

From galoper.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lo/
  • IPA(key): /ɡa.lɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
  • Rhymes: -o,
  • Homophones: galops (general), gallo (form 1 only)

Noun

galop m (plural galops)

  1. gallop

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Danish: galop
  • English: galop
  • Italian: galop

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

Noun

galop m (invariable)

  1. galop (originally German folk dance)

Further reading

  • galop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Galopp, from French galop.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡa.lɔp/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -alɔp
  • Syllabification: ga‧lop

Noun

galop m inan (diminutive galopek)

  1. canter (three-beat horse gait)
  2. (colloquial) fast run of a person
  3. (colloquial) very rapid pace of changes

Declension

Noun

galop m inan

  1. (historical) galop (lively French country dance of the nineteenth century)
  2. (historical, music) galop (music for a dance of this kind)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • galopowy
adverb
nouns
verb

Further reading

  • galop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • galop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

Noun

galop n (plural galopuri)

  1. gallop

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡǎlop/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lop

Noun

gàlop m (Cyrillic spelling га̀лоп)

  1. gallop

Declension

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