"galleon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡæ.li.ən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈɡæ.li.ən/ [General-American], /ˈɡæl.jən/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-galleon.ogg [US] Forms: galleons [plural]
Rhymes: -æliən, (General American) -æljən Etymology: From Middle French galion or Spanish galeón. Originally an augmentative form of a Romance language cognate of galley, the word spread around the Mediterranean from the 12th century, taking on different meanings depending on place and time. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|galion}} Middle French galion, {{cog|es|galeón}} Spanish galeón, {{m|en|galley}} galley Head templates: {{en-noun}} galleon (plural galleons)
  1. A large, three masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks. Categories (topical): Watercraft Related terms: galleass Translations (large sailing ship): galeoi (Basque), galió [masculine] (Catalan), 西班牙大帆船 (xībānyá dà fánchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 加利恩帆船 (jiālì'ēn fānchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 蓋倫帆船 (Chinese Mandarin), 盖伦帆船 (gàilún fānchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 大型帆船 (dàxíng fānchuán) (Chinese Mandarin), galeona [feminine] (Czech), galeon (Danish), galjoen (Dutch), galeoon (Estonian), kaljuuna (Finnish), galeoni (Finnish), galion [masculine] (French), galeón [masculine] (Galician), Galeone [feminine] (German), γαλιόνι (galióni) [neuter] (Greek), גליאון [masculine] (Hebrew), galleon (Hungarian), galíon (Icelandic), galeone (Italian), ガレオン船 (gareon sen) (Japanese), gallion [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), gallion [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), galeon [masculine] (Old Galician-Portuguese), galeon [masculine] (Polish), galeona [feminine] (Polish), galeão [masculine] (Portuguese), galion (Romanian), галео́н (galeón) [masculine] (Russian), галеон [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), галијун [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), galeon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), galijun [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), galeóna [feminine] (Slovak), galeón [masculine] (Spanish), galeon (Swedish), galyon (Tagalog), galeyon (Tagalog), kalyon (Turkish), галіон (halion) [masculine] (Ukrainian), galiwn [feminine] (Welsh), galiynau [feminine, plural] (Welsh)

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    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galeon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galijun"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galeóna"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galeón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "word": "galeon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "word": "galyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "word": "galeyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "word": "kalyon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "halion",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "галіон"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "galiwn"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "large sailing ship",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "galiynau"
    }
  ],
  "word": "galleon"
}

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