galé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gale"

French

Participle

galé (feminine galée, masculine plural galés, feminine plural galées)

  1. past participle of galer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galee, a borrowing from Old French galee, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɛ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lé

Noun

galé f (plural galés)

  1. (nautical) galley (ship propelled primarily by oars)
    Synonym: galera

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: galai
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