gobelete

Galician

Etymology

From French gobelet, from Old French gobel, from Old Occitan gobel (“to swallow up”), from Gaulish *gobbos, from Proto-Celtic *gobbos (“muzzle, snout, beak”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵoph₃o- (“eat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡoβeˈlete̝/

Noun

gobelete m (plural gobeletes)

  1. goblet, cup
  2. beaker (ceramic drinking vessel with handles)
  3. basin (for dice)

References
  • “gobelete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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