Italian edit

Etymology edit

From galla +‎ -eggiare. Cognate with Piedmontese galegé.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡal.ledˈd͡ʒa.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: gal‧leg‧già‧re
  • (file)

Verb edit

galleggiàre (first-person singular present galléggio, first-person singular past historic galleggiài, past participle galleggiàto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (intransitive) to tread water; to float

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Further reading edit

  • galleggiare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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