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6-letter words (4 found)

ALNAGE,ANLAGE,GALENA,LAGENA,

5-letter words (9 found)

ALANE,ALANG,ALGAE,ANGEL,ANGLE,GALEA,GENAL,GLEAN,LAGAN,

4-letter words (24 found)

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3-letter words (20 found)

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2-letter words (11 found)

AA,AE,AG,AL,AN,EA,EL,EN,LA,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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Definitions and meaning of galena

galena

Etymology

From Latin galēna (“dross from smelting lead”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈliː.nə/
  • Rhymes: -iːnə

Noun

galena (usually uncountable, plural galenas or galenae)

  1. (mineralogy) A mineral, lead sulphide (PbS), mined as an ore for lead. [From circa 1600.]
    • 1942, G. F. Loughlin, A. H. Koschmann, Geology and Ore Deposits of the Magdalena Mining District, New Mexico, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Issue 200, page 98,
      The galena of the ore contains microscopic inclusions of various forms that become visible upon polished surfaces etched with hydrochloric or nitric acid.
  2. (medicine, obsolete) A remedy or antidote for poison; theriac

Synonyms

  • galenite
  • lead glance

Derived terms

Translations

References

Further reading

  • David Barthelmy (1997–2024) “Galena”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database.
  • “galena”, in Mindat.org‎[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2024.

Anagrams

  • Angela, alnage, anlage, lagena

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin galēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ɡəˈlɛ.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ɡəˈlə.nə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ɡaˈle.na]

Noun

galena f (plural galenes)

  1. galena

Further reading

  • “galena” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “galena”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “galena” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “galena” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Hyphenation: ga‧lè‧na

Noun

galena f (plural galene)

  1. galena

Further reading

  • galena in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ǵl̥h₂-es- (“glimmering, cheerful”). See cognate Ancient Greek γαλήνη (galḗnē, “serenity, calmness; type of metal mineral”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡaˈleː.na/, [ɡäˈɫ̪eːnä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡaˈle.na/, [ɡäˈlɛːnä]

Noun

galēna f (genitive galēnae); first declension

  1. lead-ore
    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 33, chapter 31:
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum to this entry?)
  2. (by extension) the dross that remains after smelting this ore
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)
    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 47:
    • 77–79, Pliny the Elder, Natural History, book 34, chapter 53:

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

  • Catalan: galena
  • English: galena
  • French: galène
  • Italian: galena
  • Spanish: galena

References

  • “gălēna”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gălēna in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 701/2.
  • “galēna” on page 753/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Anagrams

  • lagena

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.na/
  • Rhymes: -ɛna
  • Syllabification: ga‧le‧na

Noun

galena f

  1. (mineralogy) galena
    Synonym: galenit

Declension

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • galena in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin galēna.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ga‧le‧na

Noun

galena f (plural galenas)

  1. (mineralogy) galena (mineral mined as an ore of lead)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin galēna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡaˈlena/ [ɡaˈle.na]
  • Rhymes: -ena
  • Syllabification: ga‧le‧na

Noun

galena f (plural galenas)

  1. (mineralogy) galena

Noun

galena f (plural galenas)

  1. female equivalent of galeno

Further reading

  • “galena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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