Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

galliot

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: gal-liot
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A light galley.

Example Sentences

"Having seen the minutes of the proceedings on the capture of the galliot the Betsy of Washington, North Carolina, captain Reynold Brown, taken the 5th of this month by the French privateer le Poisson Volant (Flying Fish) captain Thomas de Haunot—[…]."
"The Holy See received 19 galleys and two galliots, Spain was given 58 galleys and six galliots, while the Venetian share was 39 galleys and four galliots."
"The galliots averaged about three hundred tons, and their cargo of Japanese silver must have equaled that carried by the Santa Catarina—that is, in excess of 1 million cruzados' worth."

Etymology

From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.

Inflected Forms

galliots (plural) galiot (alternative) galiote (alternative, obsolete)

Questions

What does galliot mean?: A light galley.
Where does galliot come from?: From French galiote, from Italian galeotta, diminutive of galea; see also galley, jolly boat.

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