gallois
French, noun
gallois is spelled G-A-L-L-O-I-S (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,330th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gallois is a French masculine noun meaning “Welsh, the Welsh language” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Gallois is a different word: “Welshman”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Langue celtique insulaire, du groupe brittonique, parlée au Pays de Galles”.
What does gallois mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineWelsh, the Welsh language
adjective
- 1
Welsh (of, from or relating to Wales)
noun
- 1
masculineWelshman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif au pays de Galles, à ses habitants, à leur culture.
noun: 1. Langue celtique insulaire, du groupe brittonique, parlée au Pays de Galles.
adjective: 1. Qui parle gallo.
noun: 1. Habitant ou originaire du Pays de Galles. 2. Peuple celte qui vit essentiellement au pays de Galles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gallois
- galloise feminine
- galloises feminine plural
- Galloise feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to gallois
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gallois in French?
gallois appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).