galante

See also: Galante and galánte

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

galante

1. feminine singular of galant

Anagrams

• agnelât, égalant

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Middle French galant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡaˈlantɪ]

Adjective

galante m or f (plural galantes)

1. gallant, courteous, gentlemanly

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galante”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galante”, 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), “galante”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “galante”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

galante

1. inflection of galant:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Etymology

From French galant. Doublet of galano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: ga‧làn‧te

Adjective

galante (plural galanti)

1. gallant, chivalrous
2. amorous, romantic

Noun

galante m (plural galanti)

1. gallant

Anagrams

• lagnate, legnata

Ladino

Adjective

galante (Latin spelling)

1. gallant

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant. Doublet of galã.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐˈlɐ̃.tɨ/

• Hyphenation: ga‧lan‧te

Adjective

galante m or f (plural galantes)

1. gallant (polite and attentive to ladies)

Descendants

• Macanese: galánte

Noun

galante m (plural galantes)

1. gallant (a gallant man)

   Synonym: galã

Derived terms

• galantear

 

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French galant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlante/ [ɡaˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: ga‧lan‧te

Adjective

galante m or f (masculine and feminine plural galantes)

1. gallant, charming
2. erotic

Derived terms

• galantemente
• galantería

 

Related terms

• galán

 

Further reading

• “galante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish galante.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlante/ [ɡɐˈlan̪.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: ga‧lan‧te

Adjective

galante (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜎᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. gallant; chivalrous; knightly

   Synonym: matapang

2. noble; manly

   Synonyms: maginoo, dakila