# galop
## English
### Etymology

From French galop; named after the fastest running gait of a horse (see gallop), a shortened version of the original term galoppade.

### Noun

galop (plural galops)
* A lively French country dance of the nineteenth century, a forerunner of the polka, combining a glissade with a chassé on alternate feet, usually in a fast 2/4 time.
* The music for a dance of this kind.

### Verb

galop (third-person singular simple present galops, present participle galoping or galopping, simple past and past participle galoped or galopped)
* To dance the galop.

### Anagrams

* Gopal

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From English gallop.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Verb

galop (present galop, present participle galoppende, past participle galop)
* gallop

## Catalan
### Etymology

Deverbal from galopar.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ɡəˈlɔp]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡaˈlɔp]

### Noun

galop m (plural galops)
* gallop (fastest gait of a horse)
* (music) galop (country dance in 2/4 time)

#### Related terms

* galop tirat
* galop curt
* galopar

### Further reading

* “galop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Danish
### Etymology

From French galop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡalɔp/, [ɡ̊aˈlʌb̥]

### Noun

galop c (singular definite galoppen, plural indefinite galopper)
* gallop
* galop (dance)

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “galop” in Den Danske Ordbog

## French
### Etymology

From galoper.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.lo/
* IPA: /ɡa.lɔ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium)
* Rhymes: -o, -ɔ
* Homophones: galops (general), gallo (form 1 only)

### Noun

galop m (plural galops)
* gallop

#### Derived terms

* au grand galop
* chassez le naturel, il revient au galop

#### Descendants

* → Danish: galop
* → English: galop
* → Italian: galop

### Further reading

* “galop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Italian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

### Noun

galop m (invariable)
* galop (originally German folk dance)

### Further reading

* galop in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Galopp, from French galop.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.lɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -alɔp
* Syllabification: ga‧lop

### Noun

galop m inan (diminutive galopek)
* canter (three-beat horse gait)
* (colloquial) fast run of a person
* (colloquial) very rapid pace of changes

#### Declension
### Noun

galop m inan
* (historical) galop (lively French country dance of the nineteenth century)
* (historical, music) galop (music for a dance of this kind)

#### Derived terms

* galopowy
* galopem
* galopada
* galopant
* galopka
* galopować impf

### Further reading

* galop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* galop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French galop.

### Noun

galop n (plural galopuri)
* gallop

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡǎlop/
* Hyphenation: ga‧lop

### Noun

gàlop m (Cyrillic spelling га̀лоп)
* gallop

#### Declension
## Turkish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gallop

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.lop/
* Rhymes: -op
* Hyphenation: ga‧lop

### Noun

galop (definite accusative galopu, plural galoplar)
* gallop

#### Derived terms

* galop yapmak

### Further reading

* “galop”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “galop”, in Nişanyan Sözlük