galeón

See also: galeon

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galeon (13th century, Alfonso X): by surface analysis, galea (“galley”) +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese galeão.

Pronunciation
 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ɡaleˈoŋ/ [ɡɑ.leˈoŋ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ħaleˈoŋ/ [ħɑ.leˈoŋ]

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ón

Noun

galeón m (plural galeóns)

  1. (historical) galleon
  2. traditional one or two masted sailboat, with fore-and-aft sails, having up to 20 m of length, similar to a schooner
    Synonyms: galeón de ría, trincado

References
  • “galeon” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “galeón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “galeón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “galeón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  • "galeón" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative form of galea, obsolete form of galera, "galley".

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡaleˈon/ [ɡa.leˈõn]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ga‧le‧ón

Noun

galeón m (plural galeones)

  1. galleon (a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks)

Descendants
  • English: galleon

Further reading
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