gaillard
Syllable Decomposition
gaillardit cannot be seen as gay and -ard, because it would require the insertion of an infix -ill-: gai-ill-ard. from a Gaulish root gall-, "strong, strength" related to Breton galloud ("power"), Welsh gallu ("power"), Latin gallus ("Gaul", etymologically: "strong man"). for the evolution of the meaning of "strong" to "ribald, lascivious", see Gaulish.
Definitions
- marine
Feminine
gaillarde
Plural
gaillards
Translations
german:Alpha-Tier
english:aftcastle
spanish:castillo
See also
Gaillard (pn.)