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Meaning of gallus | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1
[ˈɡal.lʊs]

Definitions

  1. a cock, rooster, cockerel
    declension-2, masculine
  2. alternative letter-case form of Gallus (“Gaul; Galatian”)
    alt-of, declension-2, masculine
  3. one of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia and Rome who wore feminine clothes and typically castrated themselves
    declension-2, masculine
  4. Gaul (native or inhabitant of the historical region of Gaul, or poetically the modern nation of France) (usually male)
    declension-2, masculine
  5. A Roman cognomen, as in the name Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the first Roman governor of Egypt.
    declension-2, masculine, singular
  6. A river of Bithynia and tributary of the Sangarius.
    declension-2, masculine, singular
  7. alternative letter-case form of gallus (“priest of Cybele”)
    alt-of, declension-2, masculine, singular
  8. a Galatian
    declension-2, masculine

Equivalents

English Gaul rooster

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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