different between galette vs galeite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /???l?t/
• Hyphenation: ga?lette

Noun

galette (plural galettes)

1. A type of flat, round cake from France.
2. Clipping of Breton galette: a crêpe or pancake made with buckwheat flour, and often with a savoury filling, originally from Upper Brittany in France.

Hypernyms

• cake
• crêpe

Translations

Further reading

• galette on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Feminine form of galet (“pebble; disk-shaped object”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.l?t/

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. galette
2. (colloquial) dough, dosh, bread
3. (Louisiana) cookie
4. (Métis) bannock, frybread

Derived terms

• galette des rois

Descendants

• ? Catalan: galeta
• ? English: galette
• ? Spanish: galleta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• “galette” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

• galaette (Guernsey)

Etymology

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Pronunciation

Noun

galette f (plural galettes)

1. (Jersey) cookie, biscuit
2. (Jersey) thrashing

   Synonyms: achouêmie, astitcheuse, brûlée, dêgêlée, êcaûffeuse, rosseteuse

Derived terms

• galette à vrai

English

Etymology

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Noun

galeite

1. (mineralogy) A trigonal-ditrigonal pyramidal mineral containing chlorine, fluorine, oxygen, sodium, and sulfur.

References

• David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Galeite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database