gal

Other forms of gal

plural

gals·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gal

What does gal mean?

gal means "United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in gal?

gal has 1 syllable: gal. In IPA it is /ˈɡæl/.

What is another word for gal?

Close synonyms include gallon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is gal a common word?

gal is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.