galérien

See also: Galerien

French

Etymology

From galère (“galley”) (probably from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian galera, ultimately from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Byzantine Greek γαλέα (galéa)) +‎ -ien (“-ian”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.le.ʁjɛ̃/

Noun

galérien m (plural galériens)

1. (literally) A galley slave, notably as (often terminal) sentence
2. (by extension) A forced laborer

   Il les faisait travailler comme des galériens

   He worked them to the bone, like slaves

Synonyms

• (forced laborer) bagnat m

Derived terms

• vie de galérien (dog's life)

Related terms

• galéace

Further reading

• “galérien”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• algérien, Algérien