galette
French, noun/ɡa.lɛt/
galette is spelled G-A-L-E-T-T-E (7 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written French, the 16,568th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Galette is a French feminine noun meaning “galette” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gâteau rond et plat”.
What does galette mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininegalette
- 2
colloquialfemininedough, dosh, bread (money)
- 3
femininecookie
- 4
femininebannock, frybread
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gâteau rond et plat. 2. Crêpe épaisse, souvent à la farine de blé noir (sarrasin). 3. Argent. 4. Vomi.
noun: 1. Produit obtenu en cardant et filant la soie des cocons percés du bombyx du mûrier, de la même manière qu’on carde et file le coton. Le produit ainsi obtenu est un fil grossier et moins brillant que la soie.
noun: 1. Variante de galète.
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 galette
- galettes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce galette?
- /ɡa.lɛt/
- \ɡa.lɛt\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to galette
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is galette in French?
galette appears 2.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).