gallon

gallon meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Tagalog

Examples of gallon in a sentence

• They were chagrined to see that the price of diesel had climbed past six dollars a gallon.
• She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
• They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.

All 40 example sentences with gallon

Forms of gallon

Plural of gallon: gallons

Origin of gallon

From Middle English gallon, galoun, galun, from Old Northern French galun, galon (“liquid measure”) (compare Old French jalon), from Late Latin galum, galus (“measure of wine”), from Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish *galla, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”). Cognate with Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix, “cup”), Sanskrit कलश (kalaśa, “jar, pitcher; measure of liquid”). Related to Old French gille (“wine measure”) (from Medieval Latin gillō (“earthenware jar”)), Old French jale (“bowl”), Old French jaloie (“measure of capacity”).

* As an English and French surname, from the personal name Galun, pet form of Galo, a French form of the old Germanic name Walo; see Wale. * Also as an English surname, variant of Gallion.

Words formed from gallon

• 10-gallon hat
• ale gallon
• corn gallon
• gallonage
• galloner
• gasoline-equivalent gallon
• gasoline gallon equivalent
• kilogallon
• megagallon
• multigallon
• Roman gallon
• ten-gallon hat
• Winchester gallon
• wine gallon

Phrases with gallon

• imperial gallon

Words that rhyme with gallon

• Allen
• Fallon
• talon
• alan

Questions about gallon

What does gallon mean?

Gallon means a unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints.

What is gallon in Hindi?

Gallon in Hindi is गैलन (gailan). See Gallon meaning in Hindi.

What part of speech is gallon?

Gallon can be a noun or a proper noun.

How do you pronounce gallon?

Gallon is pronounced /ˈɡælən/.

What is the plural of gallon?

The plural of gallon is gallons.