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gal

Pronunciation: /ɡaːˀl/

“gal” is a Danish word. Its 5 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. crazy, mad, insane (mentally ill)
  2. mad, angry (showing temper)
  3. wrong (not the right one)
  4. bad

noun

  1. crow (the sound of a cock)

Etymology

From Old Danish galæn, from Old Norse galinn (“enchanted, mad”), a past participle of gala (“to sing, chant”) (Danish gale (“to crow”)).

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