galeón

== Galician == === Alternative forms === galeom, galeão (reintegrationist) === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese galeon (13th century, Alfonso X): by surface analysis, galea (“galley”) +‎ -ón. Compare Portuguese galeão. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -oŋ Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ón === Noun === galeón m (plural galeóns) (historical) galleon traditional one or two masted sailboat, with fore-and-aft sails, having up to 20 m of length, similar to a schooner Synonyms: galeón de ría, trincado === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “galeón”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galeón”, 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), “galeón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galeón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN "galeón" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial. == Spanish == === Etymology === Augmentative form of galea, obsolete form of galera, "galley". === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡaleˈon/ [ɡa.leˈõn] Rhymes: -on Syllabification: ga‧le‧ón === Noun === galeón m (plural galeones) galleon (a large, three-masted, square rigged sailing ship with at least two decks) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: galleon === Further reading === “galeón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025