galleta
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
galleta (plural galletas)
- Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.
References edit
- galleta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Catalan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French galette, compare Spanish galleta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galleta f (plural galletes)
Further reading edit
- “galleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Galician edit
Etymology 1 edit
From galla (“pitchfork”) + -eta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galleta f (plural galletas)
Etymology 2 edit
Ultimately from French galette.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galleta f (plural galletas)
References edit
- “galleta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “galleta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “galleta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”) (cf. gallon), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈleː.ta/, [ɡälˈlʲeːt̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡalˈle.ta/, [ɡälˈlɛːt̪ä]
Noun edit
gallēta f (genitive gallētae); first declension
- (Medieval Latin) jug, bucket, pail
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | gallēta | gallētae |
Genitive | gallētae | gallētārum |
Dative | gallētae | gallētīs |
Accusative | gallētam | gallētās |
Ablative | gallētā | gallētīs |
Vocative | gallēta | gallētae |
Descendants edit
- → Albanian: galetë
- Aromanian: gãleatã
- Catalan: galleda
- Italian: galleta
- Old French: jaloie
- Romanian: găleată
- → Ukrainian: ґеле́та (geléta)
References edit
- 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)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
galleta f (plural galletas)
Hyponyms edit
- 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 edit
- galletita
- galleta de agua, galletita de agua (“water biscuit”)
- galleta de mar
- galletero
Descendants edit
- → Cebuano: galyeta
Further reading edit
- “galleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014