галета

Bulgarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian galletta, from French galette. First attested in 1875.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐˈlɛtɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɐ
  • Syllabification(key): га‧ле‧та

Noun

гале́та • (galétaf

  1. (singular only) breadcrumbs, bread crumbs (small pieces of dried bread, used for breading meat, fish, or vegetables, or for adding to certain dishes)
  2. (chiefly in the plural, obsolete) rusk (a piece or slice of bread, dried or toasted until hard and crisp)
    Synonym: суха́р (suhár)

Declension

Declension of гале́та
singular plural
indefinite гале́та
galéta
гале́ти
galéti
definite гале́тата
galétata
гале́тите
galétite

References

  • галета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
  • галета”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from French galette.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡɐˈlʲetə]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

гале́та • (galétaf inan (genitive гале́ты, nominative plural гале́ты, genitive plural гале́т)

  1. galette (a type of flat, round cake)

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: (dialectal) qalet