galère

From Catalan galera, from Medieval Latin galēra, alternative form of galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea). Compare galée, from Old French, directly from Latin galea.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.lɛʁ/

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galère f (plural galères)

1. (nautical) galley (kind of ship)

   Synonym: galée

2. (in the plural) torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys)

   Synonym: bagne

   envoyer aux galères ― send [them] to forced labor

3. (by extension, informal) a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem

   c’est une galère ― it's a hassle

4. a type of oven
5. (historical) mason's cart, for loading building materials
6. a group of people having a common interest, especially a coterie of undesirable people
7. an unpleasant situation

• galérien m
• vogue la galère

• galéasse

galère (plural galères)

1. (colloquial) difficult; hellish

galère

1. inflection of galérer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “galère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• égaler, gèlera, régale, régalé, regela