galerne
French, noun/ɡa.lɛʁn/
galerne is spelled G-A-L-E-R-N-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written French, the 179,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galerne is a French feminine noun meaning “a cold, humid northwesterly wind that affects the west of France” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Vent d’ouest-nord-ouest”.
What does galerne mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea cold, humid northwesterly wind that affects the west of France
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vent d’ouest-nord-ouest.
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 galerne
- galernes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galerne?
- /ɡa.lɛʁn/
- \ɡa.lɛʁn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is galerne in French?
galerne appears about once in every 32 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).