gallon
pronunciation
How to pronounce gallon in British English:
UK [ˈɡælən]
How to pronounce gallon in American English:
US [ˈɡælən]
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- Noun:
- United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters
- a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 4 quarts or 4.545 liters
Word Origin
- gallon
- gallon: [13] English acquired gallon from Old Northern French galon. This was a descendant of medieval Latin gallēta, a word for a ‘jug’ which was also used as a unit of measurement for wine. It may have been of Celtic origin. An early modern English dialect form of gallon was gawn, which added to tree produced gantry [16], originally a ‘wooden stand for barrels’.=> gantry
- gallon (n.)
- English measure of capacity (containing four quarts), usually for liquids, late 13c., from Old North French galon, corresponding to Old French jalon, name of a liquid measure roughly equivalent to a modern gallon," which is related to (perhaps augmentative of) jale "bowl," from Medieval Latin or Vulgar Latin diminutive form galleta "bucket, pail," also "a measure of wine," a word of unknown origin, perhaps from Gaulish galla "vessel."
Example
- 1. The subsidy of 45 cents per gallon remains .
- 2. I down a gallon of chamomile tea .
- 3. We will increase the gasoline tax by $ 2 a gallon .
- 4. Every gallon they do not burn makes their flights more profitable .
- 5. Retail petrol prices are down almost 30 cents a gallon from early april .