gala

Significat

Adj

Celebratory; festive.

Noun

1. Pomp, show, or festivity.
2. A competition
3. A showy and festive party.
4. A red-skinned variety of eating apple.

Noun

A member of an androgynous class of priests of the Sumerian goddess Inanna.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɡɑːlə/

Etimologia

From French gala, or directly from that word's etymon, which is either Italian gala, or Spanish gala, both meaning "festive occasion", and derived from Old French gale (“rejoicing”). (The French word likely kept the final -a to avoid homophony with gale (“scabies”).) Ultimately cognate to gallant and hence probably from Frankish *wala (“good, well”).