galore

---

Pronunciation

• (Australia) IPA: /ɡəˈloː/
• (America) IPA: /ɡəˈlɔɹ/
• (RP) IPA: /ɡəˈlɔː/
• (rhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
• (nonrhotic, horse-hoarse) IPA: /ɡəˈloə/

Adjective

galore (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) In abundance.

   After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.

   • 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:

     […] But when I had bestridden the plank, quoth I to myself, "Thou deserveth all that betideth thee. All this is decreed to me of Allah (whose name be exalted!), to turn me from my greed of gain, whence ariseth all that I endure, for I have wealth galore."

   Synonyms: aplenty

Translations

• French: pléthore, en abondance
• German: im Überfluss
• Italian: a profusione, in abbondanza, a iosa, a bizzeffe, a gogo, a manetta
• Portuguese: em abundância
• Russian: в изоби́лии
• Spanish: en abundancia, a porrillo (colloquial), a tutiplén (colloquial), por doquier

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.004