galleta

English

Etymology

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Noun

galleta (plural galletas)

1. Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

References

• galleta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Catalan

Alternative forms

• galeta

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette, compare Spanish galleta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəˈʎɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈʎə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡaˈʎe.ta]

Noun

galleta f (plural galletes)

1. biscuit, cookie
2. (Internet) HTTP cookie

Further reading

• “galleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology 1

From galla (“pitchfork”) +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. (tools) pitchfork

   Synonyms: forca, forqueta, galla

2. a unit of volume, equivalent to half an ola

Etymology 2

Ultimately from French galette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. (cooking) biscuit, cookie, cracker

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galleta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”) (cf. gallon), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈleː.ta]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ɡalˈlɛː.ta]

Noun

gallēta f (genitive gallētae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) jug, bucket, pail

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	gallēta	gallētae
genitive	gallētae	gallētārum
dative	gallētae	gallētīs
accusative	gallētam	gallētās
ablative	gallētā	gallētīs
vocative	gallēta	gallētae

Descendants

• → Albanian: galetë
• Aromanian: gãleatã
• Catalan: galleda
• Italian: galleta
• Old French: jaloie
• Romanian: găleată
  • → Ukrainian: ґеле́та (geléta)

References

• "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

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette, a flat, round cake. Ultimately from the diminutive form of Old French gal (“rock”), of uncertain origin

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a]

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a] (most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʎeta/ [ɡaˈʎe.t̪a] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʃeta/ [ɡaˈʃe.t̪a] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈʒeta/ [ɡaˈʒe.t̪a] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ga‧lle‧ta

Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)

1. cookie / biscuit

Hyponyms

• 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

• galletita
• galleta de agua, galletita de agua (“water biscuit”)
• galleta de mar
• galleta de Navidad
• galletero

Descendants

• → Cebuano: galyeta

Further reading

• “galleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024