galop
French, noun/ɡa.lo/
galop is spelled G-A-L-O-P (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written French, the 17,650th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galop is a French masculine noun meaning “gallop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “La plus rapide des allures naturelles du cheval, qui n’est proprement qu’une suite de sauts en avant”.
What does galop mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinegallop
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. La plus rapide des allures naturelles du cheval, qui n’est proprement qu’une suite de sauts en avant. 2. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 3. Définition manquante ou à compléter. (Ajouter) 4. Danse d’origine hongroise à deux temps et d’un mouvement vif, faisant partie d'un quadrille.
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 galop
- galops plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galop?
- /ɡa.lo/
- /ɡa.lɔ/
- \ɡa.lo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galop
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galop in French?
galop appears 2.6 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).