galant

See also: Galant

English

Proper noun

galant

  1. (music) Alternative form of Galant

Catalan

Etymology

From French galant.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  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

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

  1. gallant
  2. male lead, hero

Further reading

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(file)

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

Descendants
  • → Catalan: galant, galà
  • → English: gallant
  • → German: galant
  • → Romanian: galant
  • → Spanish: galante, galán

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

  1. (archaic or humorous) suitor, admirer

Further reading

Anagrams

Gallo

Etymology

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

Noun

galant m (plural galants)

  1. lover

German

Etymology

From French galant.

Pronunciation
  • Audio(file)
  • 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 all genders
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 all genders
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 all genders
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

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

Descendants

Romanian

Etymology

From French galant.

Adjective

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

  1. gallant

Declension
Declension of galant
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 Superlative2
Common singular galant galantare galantast
Neuter singular galant galantare galantast
Plural galanta galantare galantast
Masculine plural3 galante galantare galantast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 galante galantare galantaste
All galanta galantare galantaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Adverb

galant (not comparable)

  1. splendidly, swimmingly
    Det där fixade du galant
    You did that splendidly
    Det gick galant
    It went swimmingly

See also

References
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