galeón

See also: galeon

Galician

Alternative forms

• galeom, galeão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galeon (13th century, Alfonso X): by surface analysis, galea (“galley”) +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese galeão.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡaleˈoŋ/ [ɡɑ.leˈoŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ɡaleˈoŋ/ [ɡɑ.leˈoŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ħaleˈoŋ/ [ħɑ.leˈoŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ón

Noun

galeón m (plural galeóns)

1. (historical) galleon
2. traditional one or two masted sailboat, with fore-and-aft sails, having up to 20 m of length, similar to a schooner

   Synonyms: galeón de ría, trincado

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galeon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galeón”, 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), “galeón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galeón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• "galeón" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

Spanish

Etymology

Augmentative form of galea, obsolete form of galera, "galley".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaleˈon/ [ɡa.leˈõn]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧ón

Noun

galeón m (plural galeones)

1. galleon (a large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks)

Related terms

• galea
• galera

 

Descendants

• English: galleon

Further reading

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