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–adverb

in abundance; in plentiful amounts: food and drink galore.

[Origin: 1660–70; < Ir go leor enough, plenty (ScotGael gu leòr, leòir), equiv. to go, particle forming predicative adjectives and adverbs + leór enough (OIr lour)

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ga·lore Audio Help (gə-lôr', -lōr') Pronunciation Key
adj. In great numbers; in abundance: "with balloons and hot dogs . . . and fireworks galore" (Anne Armstrong).

[Irish Gaelic go leór, enough : go, adv. particle + leór, enough (from Old Irish lour, alteration of roar; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots).]

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galore

1675, from Ir. go leór, corresponding to Gael. gu leóir "sufficiently, enough."

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galore
adjective
1.	in great numbers; "daffodils galore"
2.	existing in abundance; "abounding confidence"; "whiskey galore" [syn: abounding]

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galore [gəˈloː] adjective

(placed immediately after noun) in large amounts, numbers
Example: There are book-shops galore in this town.

Arabic:	بِوَفْرَه، بِغَزارَه
Chinese (Simplified):	许多
Chinese (Traditional):	許多的
Czech:	hojný, spousty
Danish:	i massevis
Dutch:	in overvloed
Estonian:	ohtrasti
Finnish:	vaikka kuinka paljon
French:	en abondance
German:	in Hülle und Fülle
Greek:	πάμπολλοι
Hungarian:	bőven
Icelandic:	bÿsn af, í hrönnum
Indonesian:	jumlah besar
Italian:	in abbondanza*

Japanese:	たくさんの
Latvian:	pārpilnībā; bez gala
Lithuanian:	daugybė, begalė
Norwegian:	flust med, i massevis, *overflod
Polish:	w obfitości
Portuguese (Brazil):	em abundância
Portuguese (Portugal):	em abundância
Romanian:	din belşug
Russian:	в изобилии
Slovak:	hŕba, množstvo
Slovenian:	številen
Spanish:	a montones, en abundancia
Swedish:	i mängder, i massor
Turkish:	bol bol, çok

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Galore

Ga*lore"\, n. & a. [Scot. gelore, gilore, galore, fr. Gael. gu le[`o]r, enough; gu- to, also an adverbial prefix + le[`o]r, le[`o]ir, enough; or fr. Ir. goleor, the same word.] Plenty; abundance; in abundance.

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