galère
French edit
Etymology edit
From Catalan galera, from Medieval Latin galēra, alternative form of galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea). Compare galée, from Old French, directly from Latin galea.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galère f (plural galères)
- (nautical) galley (kind of ship)
- Synonym: galée
- (in the plural) torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys)
- Synonym: bagne
- envoyer aux galères ― send [them] to forced labor
- (by extension, informal) a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem
- c’est une galère ― it's a hassle
- a type of oven
- (historical) mason's cart, for loading building materials
- a group of people having a common interest, especially a coterie of undesirable people
- an unpleasant situation
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Adjective edit
galère (plural galères)
Verb edit
galère
- inflection of galérer:
Further reading edit
- “galère”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.