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galantine

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /ˈɡaləntiːn/
  • UK: /ɡalənˈtiːn/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A spiced, thickened sauce served with fish or poultry.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A dish of boned, often stuffed meat (or fish) that has been boiled, and is served cold with its jelly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

boned poultry stuffed then cooked and covered with aspic; served cold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: dish

History

Etymology

From Old French galentine, galantine, variant of galatine, from Latin gelāta (“frozen”) + Old French -ine. Compare gelatin.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пача (pača) — cold meat dish
  • Catalan: galantina — cold meat dish
  • Esperanto: galantino — cold meat dish
  • Georgian: ლაბასხმული (labasxmuli) — cold meat dish
  • German: Galantine — cold meat dish
  • Indonesian: galantin — cold meat dish
  • Irish: cornóg — cold meat dish
  • Italian: galantina — cold meat dish
  • Korean: 갈랑틴 (gallangtin) — cold meat dish
  • Polish: galantyna — cold meat dish
  • Spanish: galantina — cold meat dish