galleta
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
galleta (plural galletas)
- Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
References[edit]
- galleta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French galette, compare Spanish galleta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galleta f (plural galletes)
Further reading[edit]
- “galleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From galla (“pitchfork”) + -eta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galleta f (plural galletas)
Etymology 2[edit]
Ultimately from French galette.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galleta f (plural galletas)
References[edit]
- “galleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galleta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galleta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”) (cf. gallon), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈleː.ta/, [ɡälˈlʲeːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈle.ta/, [ɡälˈlɛːt̪ä]
Noun[edit]
gallēta f (genitive gallētae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) jug, bucket, pail
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gallēta | gallētae |
Genitive | gallētae | gallētārum |
Dative | gallētae | gallētīs |
Accusative | gallētam | gallētās |
Ablative | gallētā | gallētīs |
Vocative | gallēta | gallētae |
Descendants[edit]
- → Albanian: galetë
- Aromanian: gãleatã
- Catalan: galleda
- Italian: galleta
- Old French: jaloie
- Romanian: găleată
- → Ukrainian: ґеле́та (geléta)
References[edit]
- galleta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
galleta f (plural galletas)
Hyponyms[edit]
- galleta de azúcar (“sugar cookie”)
- galleta de la fortuna (“fortune cookie”)
- galleta de la suerte (“fortune cookie”)
- galleta digestiva (“digestive biscuit”)
- galleta María (“Marie biscuit”)
Derived terms[edit]
- galletita
- galleta de agua, galletita de agua (“water biscuit”)
- galleta de mar
- galletero
Descendants[edit]
- → Cebuano: galyeta
Further reading[edit]
- “galleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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