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galatea

/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.16 in modern English

Syllables
galatea
IPA
/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave

name

Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.

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Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.

name

Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.

name

A moon of Neptune.

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74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.

name

A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

Example Sentences

Etymology

After Galatea, a British man-of-war, since the material was used for children's sailor suits.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Galatēa, Γαλάτεια

Inflected Forms

galateas (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce galatea?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɡæləˈtiːə/.
What does galatea mean?
A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
Where does galatea come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce galatea

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