galleta

Catalan

Alternative forms

• galeta

Etymology

From French galette, compare Spanish galleta.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈʎə.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʎe.ta/

Noun

galleta f (plural galletes)

1. biscuit, cookie
2. (Internet) HTTP cookie

Further reading

• “galleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Etymology 1

From galla (“pitchfork”) +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. (tools) pitchfork

   Synonyms: forca, forqueta, galla

2. a unit of volume, equivalent to half an ola

Etymology 2

Ultimately from French galette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. (cooking) biscuit, cookie, cracker

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galleta”, 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), “galleta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”) (cf. gallon), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.le.ta/, [ˈɡälːʲɛt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡal.le.ta/, [ˈɡälːet̪ä]

Noun

galleta f (genitive galletae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) jug, bucket, pail

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	galleta	galletae
Genitive	galletae	galletārum
Dative	galletae	galletīs
Accusative	galletam	galletās
Ablative	galletā	galletīs
Vocative	galleta	galletae

Descendants

• Albanian: galetë
• Aromanian: gãleatã
• Catalan: galleda
• Italian: galleta
• Old French: jaloie
• Romanian: găleată

References

• 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)

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Spanish

Etymology

From French galette.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎeta/ [ɡaˈʎe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃeta/ [ɡaˈʃe.t̪a]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒeta/ [ɡaˈʒe.t̪a]

• Audio (Colombia):

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Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. cookie / biscuit

Hyponyms

• 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

• galletita
• galleta de agua, galletita de agua (“water biscuit”)
• galleta de mar
• galletero

Descendants

• → Cebuano: galyeta

Further reading

• “galleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014