galion

An augmentative form of Old French galee with the modern meaning borrowed from Spanish galeón.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ljɔ̃/

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galion m (plural galions)

1. (nautical) galleon (large sailing ship)

• “galion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (gallee)

• aiglon

Borrowed from French galion.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.ljɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aljɔn
• Syllabification: ga‧lion

galion m inan

1. (nautical) figurehead (a carving adorning the front of a ship)

   Synonym: aflaston

• galion in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Greek γαλιόνι (galióni) or French galion or Italian galeone.

galion n (plural galioane)

1. galleon