galera
See also: galéra
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “galera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Italian
Etymology
Archaic variant of galea (“galley”) used in the nautical sense, from which the primary modern usage derives.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ra/
- Rhymes: -ɛra
- Hyphenation: ga‧lè‧ra
Noun
galera f (plural galere)
Further reading
- galera on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
Latin
References
- galera in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “galera”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian galera, from galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ra/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛra
- Syllabification: ga‧le‧ra
Declension
Related terms
adjective
- galerniczy
Portuguese
Etymology
From Catalan galera, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ɾɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɡɐˈlɛ.ɾɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ra
Noun
galera f (plural galeras)
Further reading
- galera on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish
Etymology
From galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈleɾa/ [ɡaˈle.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: ga‧le‧ra
Noun
galera f (plural galeras)
- galley
- covered wagon
- mantis shrimp
- (Southern Cone) top hat
- Synonyms: chistera, sombrero de copa
Further reading
- “galera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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