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γάλος

male turkey (tom) /ˈɣalos/

nounA2#952 most common

Also: tom turkey, gobbler, turkey cock

Example sentences

Ο γάλος είναι μεγάλος.

The turkey is big.

Ο γάλος κάνει «γλου γλου» στην αυλή.

The turkey goes "gobble gobble" in the yard.

Για τα Χριστούγεννα ψήσαμε έναν μεγάλο γάλο.

For Christmas we roasted a big turkey.

Στο χωριό ο παππούς εκτρέφει γάλους και κότες.

In the village, grandpa raises turkeys and hens.

Ο γάλος φούσκωσε τα φτερά του και καμάρωνε μπροστά στις γαλοπούλες.

The tom puffed up his feathers and strutted in front of the turkey hens.

Μόλις τον πείραξαν, κοκκίνισε σαν γάλος έτοιμος να επιτεθεί, με το λειρί του να τρέμει.

The moment they teased him, he turned red as a turkey ready to attack, his wattle trembling.

Declension

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	γάλος	γάλοι
Genitive	γάλου	γάλων
Accusative	γάλο	γάλους
Vocative	γάλε	γάλοι

Word family

γαλοπούλαturkey hen; (everyday) turkey

γαλόπουλοturkey poult; roast turkey (the dish)

γαλοπουλάκιlittle turkey, turkey chick (diminutive)

Etymology

In Modern Greek γάλος denotes the male turkey; the everyday word for the bird is the related γαλοπούλα. The origin is debated: a frequent proposal links the stem to Γάλλος ('Gaul, Frenchman'), reflecting the widespread European habit of naming the New-World bird after a foreign land (compare English 'turkey' and French 'dinde' from 'd'Inde', 'from India'). Because the derivation remains uncertain, no secure Indo-European root can be assigned.

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