galatea

1. 1.

   (Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers

   Broadermythical being

   Greek mythology

Other forms of galatea

plural

galateas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about galatea

What does galatea mean?

galatea means "(Greek mythology) a maiden who was first a sculpture created by Pygmalion and was brought to life by Aphrodite in answer to Pygmalion's prayers".

How many syllables are in galatea?

galatea has 4 syllables: gal-a-te-a. The stress falls on "te". In IPA it is /ˌɡæləˈtiə/.

Is galatea a common word?

galatea is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with galatea?

3 words rhyme with galatea. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.