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galatea

/ˌɡæləˈtiːə/

galatea noun: a strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave.

Noun

galatea (plural galateas)

  1. A strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave
    • He wore a blue galatea shirt, corduroy trousers and riding boots.1912 (date first published), Katherine Mansfield, "The Woman At The Store", from Selected Short Stories

Proper noun capitalized: Galatea

Galatea

  1. (Greek) Galatea; a woman who prayed for her daughter to be turned into a son, Leucippus.
  2. (Greek) Galatea; a sea-nymph in Ovid's story of Acis and Galatea.
  3. (Greek) Galatea; name given in the 18th century to the animated statue sculpted by Pygmalion.
  4. A moon of Neptune.
  5. 74 Galatea, a main belt asteroid.
  6. A settlement in the Bay of Plenty, New Zealand, named after HMS Galatea.

Forms of galatea

pluralgalateas

Origin of galatea

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

From Latin Galatēa, from Ancient Greek Γαλάτεια (Galáteia).

Words that rhyme with galatea

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Questions about galatea

What does galatea mean?
Galatea means a strong cotton fabric with diagonal twill weave.
What part of speech is galatea?
Galatea can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce galatea?
Galatea is pronounced /ˌɡæləˈtiːə/.
What is the plural of galatea?
The plural of galatea is galateas.

Words near galatea in the dictionary

  1. Galassis
  2. Galasso
  3. Galassos
  4. Galatae
  5. Galatasaray
  6. galatea
  7. Galatean
  8. galateas
  9. galatheid
  10. galatheids
  11. galatheoid

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