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Galois
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galois
English
Pronunciation
en /ɡælwɑ/
Proper noun
en French.
French mathematician Évariste Galois
Derived terms
en cogalois Galois connection Galois extension Galois field Galois group galoisian Galois theory
Anagrams
en agilos gas oil oil gas
en Individuals
French
Proper noun
fr Old French Gallois
Old French
Etymology
fro Gales ois
Pronunciation
fro /ɡaˈloi̯s/
Noun
m
Welsh person; Welshman
fro c. 1170 w:Chrétien de Troyes s:fr:Érec et Énide Percevaus li Galois Perceval the Welshman
fro c. 1180, s:fr:Perceval ou le conte du Graal w:Chrétien de Troyes Sire, sachiez bien antresetque Galois sont tuit par natureplus fol que bestes an pasturecist est ausi con une beste. Sire, you know that we both knowThat the Welsh are all by their natureMore insane than the beasts in the fieldsAnd this one is as stupid as a beast.
Declension
Galois Galois
Descendants
fr Gallois
fro Nationalities