galère
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Etymology[edit]
From Catalan galera, from Medieval Latin galēra, alternative form of galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea). Compare galée, from Old French, directly from Latin galea.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galère f (plural galères)
- (nautical) galley (kind of ship)
- Synonym: galée
- (in the plural) torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys)
- Synonym: bagne
- envoyer aux galères ― send [them] to forced labor
- (by extension, informal) a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem
- c’est une galère ― it's a hassle
- a type of oven
- (historical) mason's cart, for loading building materials
- a group of people having a common interest, especially a coterie of undesirable people
- an unpleasant situation
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Adjective[edit]
galère (plural galères)
Verb[edit]
galère
- inflection of galérer:
Further reading[edit]
- “galère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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