galet

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

galet

variant of galeit, jalet; from the old Normando-Picard dialect word gal "pebble", itself from the Gaulish gallos "stone, rock" (or, according to P. Guiraud, a doublet of chail (pebble), related like it to the Latin callum "callus", from cal, with possible inflexion of gal "to throw", the galet being often used as a projectile.

Definitions

géologie
jeux
mécanique

Synonyms

poulierplageroulement

Plural

galets

Translations

  • englishenglish:pebble
  • spanishspanish:guija

See also

galette (cn.) galète (cn.) gal (cn.) jalet (cn.)