lə, ˈgæl adjective
1.
festive; festal; showy: Her birthday parties were always gala occasions.
noun
2.
a festive occasion; celebration; special entertainment: a gala featuring opera stars in their most famous scenes.
3.
festal pomp or dress.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a celebration; festive occasion |
| b. (as modifier): a gala occasion | |
| 2. | chiefly (Brit) a sporting occasion involving competitions in several events: a swimming gala |
| [C17: from French or Italian, from Old French gale pleasure, from Old French galer to make merry, probably of Germanic origin; compare | |
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Gala
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
gala
1625, "festive dress or attire," from Fr. en gala, from It. gala (as in phrase vestido de gala "robe of state"), perhaps from Arabic khil'a "fine garment given as a presentation." Sense of "festive occasion" (characterized by display of finery) first recorded 1777.
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Example sentences
They are obliged to attend a gala fund-raiser for an organization on whose board they both sit.
Go to some really big gala event wearing an expensive outfit and looking outrageously fabulous.
By the time of the gala, eighty per cent of the units had been sold.
The gallery was put into gala attire, and the pictures were well hung.
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