Noun: gaillard
Gender: m
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | gaillard |
| Plural m | gaillards |
Sample Sentences
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Les trois gaillards, âgés de 22, 30, et 37 ans, connaissaient visiblement leur victime. [2024 August 2, “Ils détroussent et frappent un ado”, in La Provence, page 6:]
Nouns inflected like gaillard
trichogramme,
wintergreen,
urinoir,
contrespionnage,
aréomètre,
palefroi,
whiskey,
whippin,
tee-shirt,
hypocycloïde,
surrisque,
lanternon,
dissentiment,
phonogramme,
phonographe,
trioxygène,
fétichisme,
synode,
synthé,
modérantisme, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Transalpine Gaulish *gal- (“strength”) + -ard, from Proto-Celtic *galā (“ability, might”) (compare Irish gal). Nautical sense ellipsis of château gaillard. See: Irish Nouns '
gal'.
Verbs referencing "gaillard"
Romanian Nouns
galiard.
Translations