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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
galante
- feminine singular of galant
Anagrams
Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 15th century. From Middle French galant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galante m or f (plural galantes)
- gallant, courteous, gentlemanly
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galante”, 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), “galante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
galante
- inflection of galant:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Italian
Etymology
From French galant. Doublet of galano.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlan.te/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Hyphenation: ga‧làn‧te
Adjective
galante (plural galanti)
- gallant, chivalrous
- amorous, romantic
Noun
galante m (plural galanti)
- gallant
Anagrams
Ladino
Adjective
galante (Latin spelling)
- gallant
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French galant.[1] Doublet of galã.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galante m or f (plural galantes)
- gallant (polite and attentive to ladies)
Descendants
Noun
galante m (plural galantes)
- gallant (a gallant man)
- Synonym: galã
Derived terms
References
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French galant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡaˈlante/
- Rhymes: -ante
- Syllabification: ga‧lan‧te
Adjective
galante m or f (masculine and feminine plural galantes)
- gallant, charming
- erotic
Derived terms
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish galante.
Pronunciation
Adjective
galante (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)
- gallant; chivalrous; knightly
- Synonym: matapang
- noble; manly
- Synonyms: maginoo, dakila