galée
French, noun/ɡa.le/
galée is spelled G-A-L-É-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written French, the 258,710th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galée is a French feminine noun meaning “galley (type of ship)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of galé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtiment de mer nommé plus tard galères”.
What does galée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegalley (type of ship)
- 2
femininegalley
verb
- 1
femininefeminine singular of galé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bâtiment de mer nommé plus tard galères. 2. Planchette rectangulaire avec un rebord, où le compositeur met les lignes à mesure qu’il les compose.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of galée
- galées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galée?
- /ɡa.le/
- \ɡa.le\
- [ɡale]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galée
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galée in French?
galée appears about once in every 68 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).