galera
Catalan
editEtymology
editFrom Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgalera f (plural galeres)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “galera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
editVerb
editgalera
- third-person singular simple future of galer
Italian
editEtymology
editArchaic variant of galea (“galley”) used in the nautical sense, from which the primary modern usage derives.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgalera f (plural galere)
- (informal) prison, jail, jug
- (nautical) galley (long ship propelled primarily by oars)
- Synonym: galea
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- galera on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
editLatin
editNoun
editgalēra
References
edit- 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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Italian galera, from galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgalera f
Declension
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Catalan galera, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɛɾɐ
- Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ra
Noun
editgalera f (plural galeras)
Further reading
edit- galera on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgalera f (plural galeras)
- galley
- covered wagon
- mantis shrimp
- (Southern Cone) top hat
- Synonyms: chistera, sombrero de copa
Further reading
edit- “galera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28
- Catalan terms derived from Latin
- Catalan terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Catalan terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
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- ca:Nautical
- ca:Printing
- ca:Crustaceans
- ca:Watercraft
- French non-lemma forms
- French verb forms
- Italian 3-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛra
- Rhymes:Italian/ɛra/3 syllables
- Italian lemmas
- Italian nouns
- Italian countable nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- Italian informal terms
- it:Nautical
- it:Watercraft
- it:Prison
- Latin non-lemma forms
- Latin noun forms
- Polish terms borrowed from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Italian
- Polish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
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- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛra
- Rhymes:Polish/ɛra/3 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- pl:Nautical
- pl:Watercraft
- Portuguese terms derived from Catalan
- Portuguese terms derived from Latin
- Portuguese terms derived from Byzantine Greek
- Portuguese terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/ɛɾɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- pt:Nautical
- Brazilian Portuguese
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- Spanish terms derived from Byzantine Greek
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- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa
- Rhymes:Spanish/eɾa/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Crustaceans
- es:Headwear
- es:Watercraft