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Definition: GAILLARD |
GAILLARDAdjective1. Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. |
Date "GAILLARD" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references) |
Etymology: Gaillard \Gail`lard"\, adjective. [French expression See Galliard.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Humorist | Noun: humorist, wag, wit, reparteeist, epigrammatist, punster; bel esprit, life of the party; wit-snapper, wit-cracker, wit-worm; joker, jester, Joe Miller, drole de corps, gaillard, spark; bon diable; practical joker. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: GAILLARD |
| Specialty definitions using "GAILLARD": Popefigland. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "GAILLARD" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (forecastle, strapper). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | François Gaillard (1971) Jo Gaillard (1975) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Henri de Grandjean / Par Deshays Peintre du Roi en 1779. Gravé par R. Gaillard en 1782.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Economic History | Panama | The widening of the Gaillard Cut, which will permit two-way traffic of Panamax vessels, is expected to be finished by 2002. According to the Panama Canal Authority, the widening will increase Canal capacity by 20%. Canal management continues studying the possibility of installing a third set of "Post Panamax" locks before the end of the decade, as well as projects to improve access to the Pacific entrance and provide sufficient fresh water reserves for operating the Canal in the foreseeable future. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "GAILLARD" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 91.67% of the time. "GAILLARD" is used about 12 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 91.67% | 11 | 106,044 |
| Noun (singular) | 8.33% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 12 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GAILLARD" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Gaillard | Last name | 1,000 | 12,424 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
gaillard martine | 38 |
gaillard | 13 |
slim gaillard | 6 |
chateau gaillard | 5 |
auditorium gaillard | 5 |
gaillard nue sophie | 3 |
gaillard ravenel | 2 |
gaillard martine picture | 2 |
gaillard sophie | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "GAILLARD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Gaillard's syndrom (Gaillard syndrome), Gaillard's sutur (Gaillard-Arlt suture, Gaillard-Arlt sutures), Gaillardpodning (Gaillard graft), blepharonyxis (Gaillard-Arlt suture), blepharonysis (Gaillard-Arlt suture). (various references) | |
Dutch | Gaillard-enting (Gaillard graft), syndroom van Gailliard (Gaillard syndrome), naad van Gaillard-Arlt (Gaillard-Arlt suture, Gaillard-Arlt sutures), entropionoperatie (Gaillard-Arlt suture), blepharonysis (Gaillard-Arlt suture), adhesieve dextrocardie (Gaillard syndrome). (various references) | |
Finnish | Gaillard-varrennos (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
French | greffe de Gaillard (Gaillard graft), syndrome de Gaillard (Gaillard syndrome), suture de Gaillard-Arlt (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), suture de Gaillard (Gaillard-Arlt suture, Gaillard-Arlt sutures), opération de Gaillard-Arlt (Gaillard-Arlt sutures). (various references) | |
German | Gaillard-Veredlung (Gaillard graft), Gaillard-Arlt-Naht (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), Gaillard Syndrom (Gaillard syndrome), Gaillard Naht (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), Blepharonyxis (Gaillard-Arlt suture). (various references) | |
Greek | ραφή του Gaillard (Gaillard-Arlt suture), ραφή Gaillard (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), σύνδρομο Gaillard (Gaillard syndrome), βλεφαρόνυξη (Gaillard-Arlt suture), μέθοδος CAILLARD (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
Italian | sutura di Gaillard-Arlt (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), sindrome di Gaillard (Gaillard syndrome), operazione di Gaillard-Arlt (Gaillard-Arlt sutures), innesto Gaillard (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aillardgay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sutura de Gaillard (Gaillard-Arlt suture, Gaillard-Arlt sutures), síndrome de Gaillard (Gaillard syndrome), enxerto de Gaillard (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
Spanish | sutura de Gaillard (Gaillard-Arlt suture), injerto Gaillard (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
Swedish | Gaillard-ympning (Gaillard graft). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "GAILLARD": gaillardia, gaillardias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: galliard. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-g-i-l-l-r" | |
-2 letters: argali, radial. | |
-3 letters: agria, algal, algid, argal, argil, drail, drill, glair, glial, graal, grail, grill, laari, laird, liard, lidar. | |
-4 letters: agar, alar, alga, aria, arid, aril, dial, dill, dirl, drag, gadi, gala, gall, gild, gill, gird, girl, glad, glia, grad, grid, laid, lair, lard, lari, liar, lira, raga, ragi, raia, raid, rail, rial, rill. | |
-5 letters: aal, aga, aid, ail, air, ala, all, dag, dal, dig, gad, gal, gar, gid, ill, lad, lag, lar, lid, rad, rag, ria, rid, rig. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-g-i-l-l-r" | |
+1 letter: galliards. | |
+2 letters: gaillardia, granadilla. | |
+3 letters: gaillardias, granadillas. | |
+4 letters: gladiatorial, radiological, wallydraigle. | |
+5 letters: cardiological, digraphically, gradationally, radiolabeling, wallydraigles. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 41 49 4C 4C 41 52 44 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .- .. .-.. .-.. .- .-. -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01000001 01001001 01001100 01001100 01000001 01010010 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G A I L L A R D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0041 0049 004C 004C 0041 0052 0044 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4135434646355238 |
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