galant

See also: Galant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant (“gallant”).

Adjective

galant

1. (historical, music, art) Of or relating to an 18th-century movement in visual arts and literature, opposing the strictures of the baroque style and emphasizing light, casual elegance.
2. (music) Of or relating to a musical movement, principally during the transition from the Baroque to the Classical period, a few decades either side of 1750, involving the use of more classically simplistic traits in comparison to the highly embellished and texturally complex precedent in the Baroque period.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• Galante

See also

• rococo

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈlant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈlant]

Adjective

galant m or f (masculine and feminine plural galants)

1. gallant, charming, flirtatious
2. (colloquial) remarkable, excellent

Usage notes

• In the sense of "excellent", galant precedes the noun it modifies, e.g. un galant jove ― a remarkable young man.

Derived terms

• galà
• galantejar
• galanteria

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. gallant
2. male lead, hero

Further reading

• “galant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

Present participle of Old French galer, from Frankish *wala (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *wel(h₁)- (“to choose, wish”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɑ̃/

• Audio:

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Participle

galant

1. present participle of galer

Adjective

galant (feminine galante, masculine plural galants, feminine plural galantes)

1. gallant, courteous, gentlemanly
2. flirtatious, amorous; racy

Derived terms

• femme galante
• galanterie
• rendez-vous galant

Related terms

• gaulois (“bawdy”)

Descendants

• → Catalan: galant, galà
• → English: gallant
• → German: galant
• → Romanian: galant
• → Russian: галантный (galantnyj)
  • → Georgian: გალანტური (galanṭuri)
• → Spanish: galante, galán

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. (archaic or humorous) suitor, admirer

Further reading

• “galant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• glanât

Gallo

Etymology

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. lover

German

Etymology

From French galant.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

galant (strong nominative masculine singular galanter, comparative galanter, superlative am galantesten)

1. gallant

Declension

Positive forms of galant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist galant	sie ist galant	es ist galant	sie sind galant
strong declension (without article)	nominative	galanter	galante	galantes	galante
	genitive	galanten	galanter	galanten	galanter
	dative	galantem	galanter	galantem	galanten
	accusative	galanten	galante	galantes	galante
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der galante	die galante	das galante	die galanten
	genitive	des galanten	der galanten	des galanten	der galanten
	dative	dem galanten	der galanten	dem galanten	den galanten
	accusative	den galanten	die galante	das galante	die galanten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein galanter	eine galante	ein galantes	(keine) galanten
	genitive	eines galanten	einer galanten	eines galanten	(keiner) galanten
	dative	einem galanten	einer galanten	einem galanten	(keinen) galanten
	accusative	einen galanten	eine galante	ein galantes	(keine) galanten

Comparative forms of galant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist galanter	sie ist galanter	es ist galanter	sie sind galanter
strong declension (without article)	nominative	galanterer	galantere	galanteres	galantere
	genitive	galanteren	galanterer	galanteren	galanterer
	dative	galanterem	galanterer	galanterem	galanteren
	accusative	galanteren	galantere	galanteres	galantere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der galantere	die galantere	das galantere	die galanteren
	genitive	des galanteren	der galanteren	des galanteren	der galanteren
	dative	dem galanteren	der galanteren	dem galanteren	den galanteren
	accusative	den galanteren	die galantere	das galantere	die galanteren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein galanterer	eine galantere	ein galanteres	(keine) galanteren
	genitive	eines galanteren	einer galanteren	eines galanteren	(keiner) galanteren
	dative	einem galanteren	einer galanteren	einem galanteren	(keinen) galanteren
	accusative	einen galanteren	eine galantere	ein galanteres	(keine) galanteren

Superlative forms of galant

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist am galantesten	sie ist am galantesten	es ist am galantesten	sie sind am galantesten
strong declension (without article)	nominative	galantester	galanteste	galantestes	galanteste
	genitive	galantesten	galantester	galantesten	galantester
	dative	galantestem	galantester	galantestem	galantesten
	accusative	galantesten	galanteste	galantestes	galanteste
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der galanteste	die galanteste	das galanteste	die galantesten
	genitive	des galantesten	der galantesten	des galantesten	der galantesten
	dative	dem galantesten	der galantesten	dem galantesten	den galantesten
	accusative	den galantesten	die galanteste	das galanteste	die galantesten
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein galantester	eine galanteste	ein galantestes	(keine) galantesten
	genitive	eines galantesten	einer galantesten	eines galantesten	(keiner) galantesten
	dative	einem galantesten	einer galantesten	einem galantesten	(keinen) galantesten
	accusative	einen galantesten	eine galanteste	ein galantestes	(keine) galantesten

Further reading

• “galant” in Duden online
• “galant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German galant. Compare Masovian Polish galanty.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.lant/
• Rhymes: -alant
• Syllabification: ga‧lant

Adjective

galant (not comparable, indeclinable, no derived adverb)

1. gallant

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “szarmancki”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “szarmancki”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Norman

Etymology

From Old French galant (“brave; noble; chivalrous”).

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

1. (Jersey) boyfriend

Old French

Verb

galant

1. present participle of galer

Adjective

galant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular galant or galante)

1. brave; noble; chivalrous

Related terms

• gale

Descendants

• → Middle English: galant, galaunt
  • English: gallant, gallaunt (obsolete)
• Middle French: galant
  • French: galant (see there for further descendants)
• → Gallo: galant
• → Norman: galant

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant.

Adjective

galant m or n (feminine singular galantă, masculine plural galanți, feminine and neuter plural galante)

1. gallant

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	galant		galantă		galanți	galante
	definite	galantul		galanta		galanții	galantele
genitive- dative	indefinite	galant		galante		galanți	galante
	definite	galantului		galantei		galanților	galantelor

Swedish

Adjective

galant (comparative galantare, superlative galantast)

1. gallant, courteous, flirtatious

Declension

Inflection of galant

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	galant	galantare	galantast
neuter singular	galant	galantare	galantast
plural	galanta	galantare	galantast
masculine plural2	galante	galantare	galantast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	galante	galantare	galantaste
all	galanta	galantare	galantaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Adverb

galant (not comparable)

1. splendidly, swimmingly

   Det där fixade du galant

   You did that splendidly

   Det gick galant

   It went swimmingly

See also

• ridderlig (“chivalrous”)

References

• galant in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• galant in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galant in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)