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English
Noun
gallet (plural gallets)
- (especially in plural) A splinter of stone inserted into the wet mortar of masonry.
Alternative forms
Verb
gallet (third-person singular simple present gallets, present participle galleting, simple past and past participle galleted)
- To use this masonry technique.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From gall (“rooster”) + -et.
Noun
gallet m (plural gallets)
- Diminutive of gall (“rooster”)
- weather vane
- popcorn
- Synonyms: crispeta, roseta
- trigger
- Synonym: disparador
- boarfish (Capros aper)
- peacock blenny (Salaria pavo)
- Synonyms: gallerbo, bavosa paona
- common cockle (type of clam)
- Synonym: catxel
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From gall (“segment of a fruit”) + -et.
Noun
gallet m (plural gallets)
- (anatomy, dialectal) uvula
- Synonyms: campaneta, úvula
- segment (of a fruit)
Further reading
Northern Sami
Etymology
From Proto-Samic *këlëjëtēk.
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkalːleh(t)/
Verb
galˈlet
- to visit
Inflection
Further reading
- Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages, Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland