# galleta
## English
### Etymology

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### Noun

galleta (plural galletas)
* Any of various grasses of the genus Hilaria (curly mesquite), of the southwestern US and northern Mexico.

### References

* galleta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Hilaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Hilaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* galeta

### Etymology

Borrowed from French galette, compare Spanish galleta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ɡəˈʎɛ.tə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ɡəˈʎə.tə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ɡaˈʎe.ta]

### Noun

galleta f (plural galletes)
* biscuit, cookie
* (Internet) HTTP cookie

### Further reading

* “galleta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology 1

From galla (“pitchfork”) +‎ -eta.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

#### Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)
* (tools) pitchfork
    Synonyms: forca, forqueta, galla
* a unit of volume, equivalent to half an ola

### Etymology 2

Ultimately from French galette.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɡaˈʎetɐ]

#### Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)
* (cooking) biscuit, cookie, cracker

### References

* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galleta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “galleta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galleta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

## Latin
### Etymology

Diminutive of Vulgar Latin *galla (“vessel”) (cf. gallon), possibly from Gaulish galla (“vessel”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kel- (“goblet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡalˈleː.ta/, [ɡälˈlʲeːt̪ä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ɡalˈle.ta/, [ɡälˈlɛːt̪ä]

### Noun

gallēta f (genitive gallētae); first declension
* (Medieval Latin) jug, bucket, pail

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: galetë
* Aromanian: gãleatã
* Catalan: galleda
* Italian: galleta
* Old French: jaloie
* Romanian: găleată
** → Ukrainian: ґеле́та (geléta)

### References

* galleta in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French galette.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a]
* IPA: (most of Spain and Latin America) /ɡaˈʝeta/ [ɡaˈʝe.t̪a]
* IPA: (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ɡaˈʎeta/ [ɡaˈʎe.t̪a]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ɡaˈʃeta/ [ɡaˈʃe.t̪a]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ɡaˈʒeta/ [ɡaˈʒe.t̪a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -eta
* Syllabification: ga‧lle‧ta

### Noun

galleta f (plural galletas)
* cookie / biscuit

#### Hyponyms

* galleta de azúcar (“sugar cookie”)
* galleta de la fortuna (“fortune cookie”)
* galleta de la suerte (“fortune cookie”)
* galleta digestiva (“digestive biscuit”)
* galleta María (“Marie biscuit”)

#### Derived terms

* galletita
* galleta de agua, galletita de agua (“water biscuit”)
* galleta de mar
* galleta de Navidad
* galletero

#### Descendants

* → Cebuano: galyeta

### Further reading

* “galleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10