galé

See also: gale, Gale, and galè

French

Participle

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

1. past participle of galer

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• galè (obsolete)

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

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈlɛ/

• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Hyphenation: ga‧lé

Noun

galé f (plural galés)

1. (nautical) galley (ship propelled primarily by oars)

   Synonym: galera

Descendants

• → Indonesian: galai