galta

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French galetas.

Noun

galta

1. loft; attic

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan galta~gauta, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡal.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡal.ta]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

galta f (plural galtes)

1. cheek

Derived terms

• engaltar
• galta-roig
• galtablanc
• galtanegre
• galtaplè
• galtera
• galtut

Further reading

• “galta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “galta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “galta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “galta”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Old Catalan

Noun

galta

1. alternative form of gauta (“cheek”)

Old Norse

Noun

galta

1. galti
   1. accusative plural of galti
   2. genitive plural of galti
2. galtr
   1. accusative plural of galtr
   2. genitive plural of galtr
3. gǫltr
   1. genitive plural of gǫltr