adjective · rare

gallant

gallant · more gallant · most gallant

галантний

смелый, храбрый, галантный, отважный

galant

Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards womenBrave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.

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UK/ɡəˈlænt/US/ɡəˈlɑnt/

» You're so gallant.

Ты такой галантный.

Meaning

5 senses

Brave, valiant, courteous, especially with regard to male attitudes towards women.
хра́брыйxrábryj, бра́выйbrávyj, до́блестныйdóblestnyj
Honorable.
гала́нтныйgalántnyj, почте́нныйpočténnyj, любе́зныйljubéznyj
гала́нтнийhalántnyj
Grand, noble.
Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
galant
гала́нтныйgalántnyj
being attentive to women like an ideal knight
(obsolete)Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.

Examples

12 sentences

You're so gallant.
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He is a very gallant gentleman.
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“You seem a gallant young gentleman, sir,” he said.
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The bridal guests assembled in gallant troops from distant quarters.
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The boy did so, and was placed in the centre of the gallant train.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

honourable:

Русский

By meaning 2

brave, valiant:

honourable:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

polite and attentive to ladies:

Origin

From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”),

From Middle English galant, galaunt, from Old French galant (“courteous; dashing; brave”), present participle of galer (“to rejoice; make merry”), from gale (“pomp; show; festivity; mirth”); either from Frankish *wala (“good, well”), a variant form of *wela, from Proto-Germanic *wela (whence well), from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to choose, wish”); or alternatively from Frankish *gail (“merry; mirthful; proud; luxuriant”), from Proto-Germanic *gailaz (“merry; excited; luxurious”), related to Dutch geil (“horny; lascivious; salacious; lecherous”), German geil (“randy; horny; lecherous; wicked”), Old English gāl (“wanton; wicked; bad”).

17th-century borrowing from French galant. See above.

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