# galore
## English
### Etymology

* PIE word
* *ḱóm
Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɡəˈlɔː/
* (General American) IPA: /ɡəˈloɹ/
* Audio (General American):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɡəˈloː/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /ɡəˈloə/
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
* Hyphenation: ga‧lore

### Adjective

galore (not comparable)
* (postpositive) In abundance. [from late 17th c.]
    Synonyms: aplenty; see also Thesaurus:abundant
    Antonyms: see Thesaurus:rare
    After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.
** 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:[…] But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."
** 2014, Broomshakalaka, spoken by Denny Boffa (Michael McCafferty):I am the destroyer of mountains, the killer of kings, I always fly by yet I don't have wings. I can end basketball games or marriages with similar ease, and though I flow like a stream only water can freeze. I've murdered parents and children and house plants galore, yet, despite all this, you always want more. Who am I?

#### Synonyms

* à gogo

#### Translations
### Noun

galore (plural galores)
* (archaic) An abundance; plenty.
** 1857, Journal of Australasia, volume 2, page 38:The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.
** 1868, John Donald Carrick, The Laird of Logan, page 91:I have got the Innishowen and galores of bread and cheese ready, and all the neighbours are to join us.

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Compare “galore, [adj.] and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2021; “galore, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Further reading

* galore (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* goaler, galero, gaoler, Lorega

## Yola
### Etymology

Borrowed from Irish go leor.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡəˈloːr/

### Adverb

galore
* plenty
** 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 10:An potteen galore in cans and noggens,And potteen plenty in cans and noggins,

### References

* Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133