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Synonyms for gala

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : gey-luh, gal-uh; especially British gah-luh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgeɪ lə, ˈgæl ə; especially British ˈgɑ lə

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Définition of gala

Origin :
  • 1620s, "festive dress or attire," from French en gala, perhaps from Old French gale "merriment," from galer "rejoice, make merry" (see gallant). Klein suggests the French word is from Italian gala (as in phrase vestito di gala "robe of state"), perhaps from Arabic khil'a "fine garment given as a presentation." Sense of "festive occasion" (characterized by display of finery) first recorded 1777.
  • adj celebratory
  • noun festival
Example sentences :
  • In 1856 the gala days of this half-caste people were quite over.
  • Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
  • Some gent comes trackin' up intent on drinks, an' feelin' gala.
  • Extract from : « Faro Nell and Her Friends » by Alfred Henry Lewis
  • It was a gala night and the theatre was hung with flags and brilliantly illuminated.
  • Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
  • We knowe that a man is not iustified 70 by the dedes of the lawe / Gala.
  • Extract from : « A Treatise of the Cohabitation Of the Faithful with the Unfaithful » by Peter Martyr
  • It was the last time in many a day when Manila would be in gala.
  • Extract from : « Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate » by Charles M. Skinner
  • But a wedding was an excuse for a gala party at which the couple were the center of attention.
  • Extract from : « The Highest Treason » by Randall Garrett
  • Our set are having a gala night of it, and must be musical as the frogs of Beauport by this hour!
  • Extract from : « The Golden Dog » by William Kirby
  • The chapel, which wore a gala air with its lights and flowers, was filled with people.
  • Extract from : « Shapes that Haunt the Dusk » by Various
  • They were many in number, twenty perhaps, and they were in gala dress.
  • Extract from : « Dorothy on a Ranch » by Evelyn Raymond
  • At church or theatre, gala or picture-gallery, HIS face never varies.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Snobs » by William Makepeace Thackeray
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