galleda

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin galleta, diminutive of *galla (“vessel”), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), source of English gallon. Compare Romanian găleată.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡəˈʎɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈʎə.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡaˈʎe.ða]

• Audio

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Noun

galleda f (plural galledes)

1. bucket, pail

   Synonym: ferrada

Further reading

• “galleda” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “galleda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “galleda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “gallēta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 35