galeón
See also: galeon
Galician
Alternative forms
- galeom, galeão (reintegrationist)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galeon (13th century, Alfonso X): by surface analysis, galea (“galley”) + -ón. Compare Portuguese galeão.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ón
Noun
galeón m (plural galeóns)
- (historical) galleon
- 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
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galeon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galeón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galeón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galeón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- "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)
Related terms
Descendants
- English: galleon
Further reading
- “galeón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024