Word.ws English Dictionary

galingale

/ˈɡælɪŋɡeɪl/

galingale noun: one of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes. Also the alternative spelling of galangal.

Noun

galingale (countable and uncountable, plural galingales)

  1. One of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.

Also used as

galingale is also the alternative spelling of galangal.

Forms of galingale

pluralgalingales

Origin of galingale

From Middle English galingale, from Old French galingal, from Arabic خَلَنْجَان (ḵalanjān), from Persian قولنجان (qulenjân, qulanjân), from Sanskrit कुलञ्जन (kulañjana), perhaps from Chinese 高良薑／高良姜 (gāoliángjiāng), from 高涼 /高凉 (Gāoliáng) (a prefecture or county in China) + 薑 /姜 (jiāng, “ginger”).

Questions about galingale

What does galingale mean?
Galingale means one of several species of Cyperus sedges with aromatic rhizomes.
What part of speech is galingale?
Galingale is a noun.
How do you pronounce galingale?
Galingale is pronounced /ˈɡælɪŋɡeɪl/.
What is the plural of galingale?
The plural of galingale is galingales.

Words near galingale in the dictionary

  1. Galindos
  2. galine
  3. Galineers Cob
  4. galinergic
  5. galing
  6. galingale
  7. galingales
  8. Galinsky
  9. Galinskys
  10. galinstan
  11. Galion

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: galingale (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “galingale.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/galingale. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.