gallus

Noun

a cock, rooster, cockerel

Adj

alternative letter-case form of Gallus (“Gaulish; Galatian”)

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈɡal.lʊs]

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *galsos, enlargement of *gl̥s-o-, zero-grade of Proto-Indo-European *gols-o-, from *gelH- (“to call”); compare Proto-Balto-Slavic *galsas (“voice”), Proto-Germanic *kalzōną (“to call”), Albanian gjuhë (“tongue; language”), and perhaps Welsh galw (“call”).

Concepts

cock

rooster

🐓

chanticleer

chicken

🐔

cockerel

Translations

Hahn

coq

gallo

🐓

gallo

🐓

galo

🐓

gall

🐓

kogut

horoz

🐓

haan

κόκορας

ديك

🐓

دِيك

πετεινός

dîk

gal