galore

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galore^¹

/ɡəˈlɔː/ UK
/ɡəˈloɹ/ US
/ɡəˈloː/ Australia
/ɡəˈlo(ː)ɹ/
/ɡəˈloə/

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)

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PIE word

*ḱóm

Borrowed from Irish go leor and Scottish Gaelic gu leòr, gu leòir (“till sufficient, enough, plenty”) (compare Manx dy liooar), from Irish go, Scottish Gaelic gu (“to; till, until”) + Irish leor, Scottish Gaelic leòr (“ample, sufficient”); go, gu are derived from Old Irish co, cu (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm (“beside, by; near; with”); while leor, leòr are from Old Irish leor, from lour (“enough, sufficient”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂w- (“to gain; to seize; a benefit; a prize”).

adjective

not comparable, postpositional In abundance. After the shipwreck there was whisky galore to be had for the taking.
Similar: aplenty, abundant, abounding, ample, brimming, copious, galore, generous, lavish, numerous, overflowing, plenteous · Opposite: dearthy, few and far between, geason, infrequent, in short supply, non-common, rare, raresome, scant, scantling, scarce, selcouth

noun galores

archaic An abundance; plenty. The usual routine of confections and pastry follows, after which a galore of fruits of all kinds, with a chassè of excellent Mocha, the immediate servitude of which, after good dining, is, I think, universally acknowledged to be a great exhiliration.^([sic – meaning exhilaration])

adverb

not comparable In abundance. "Nice stuff, water; eh, Nora?" he remarked, complying. "Why don't you file it away a lot?" she demanded, pointing to the slight incision he had made. "I want to wallow in it galore."

Galore^²

proper noun

A locality in the Narrandera council area and the Wagga Wagga council area, southern New South Wales, Australia.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abounding, abundant, many, aplenty, plentifully, whisky, overabundant, a-plenty, overplentiful, hyperabundant, superabundant, rife, large, abundantial, plentiful, surabundant

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adj in abundance

Español	a porrillo, a tutiplén, en abundancia, por doquier, a montones, por doquiera
Português	em abundância
Français	en abondance, pléthore
Deutsch	im Überfluss
Italiano	a iosa, a bizzeffe, a gogo, a manetta, a profusione, in abbondanza
Русский	бо́лее чем доста́точно bóleje čem dostátočno, в изоби́лии v izobílii

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@misc{galore_2026,
  title = {galore},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/galore},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}