name
Meaning 1
A surname from Irish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gallery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈɡæl.ə.ɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation: gălˈ -ə-rē
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /ˈɡæl.ɚ.i/
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rhymes with -æləɹi
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 L ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In the gallery are displayed genuine artifacts dug up from the site, and in the gift shop you can buy a replica as a souvenir.
- Some of her work is so impressive that it really ought to be in a gallery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: art dealer's, dealer's
- Some of her best work can be yours: it is available at a gallery, if you can afford it.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: art dealer, dealer
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
The spectators at an event, collectively.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, metonymically
Examples
- The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
Examples
- appealing to the gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- a gallery of image thumbnails
- a clip-art gallery in a word processor
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: fortification, fortifications, government, military, politics, war
Examples
- the galleries of the fort
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A level or drive in a mine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, mining
Examples
- the lower galleries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
Examples
- the main gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
The production control room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, media, television
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
- opaline lights with brass galleries
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Holonym: monocle
- adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, entomology, natural-sciences
Examples
- beetle gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 16
Ellipsis of gallery forest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 17
To show off.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Trinidad-and-Tobago
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flex, preen, strut, aura farm, boulevardier, cut a wide swath, cut it fat, cut round, exhibitionize, figure away, flamboast, flaunt, floss, fluff one's feathers, gallery, high-side, let one's nuts hang, ostent, ostentate, showboat, show away, show off, strut one's stuff, stunt, swag it out, swagger, swank, three-sheet, venditate, yaya
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- they dug a drift parallel with the vein
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: drift, heading
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passageway
noun
Meaning 19
narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: balcony
Narrower terms: amphitheater, amphitheatre, choir loft, organ loft
noun
Meaning 20
a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: corridor
noun
Meaning 21
a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- shooting gallery
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
noun
Meaning 22
a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: art gallery, picture gallery
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: room
Narrower terms: salon
noun
Meaning 23
a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: veranda, verandah
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: porch
Narrower terms: lanai
noun
Meaning 24
spectators at a golf or tennis match
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: audience
History
Etymology
Reduced form of Irish Mac Giolla Riabhaigh (“son of the brindled lad”), the same source of McElrath.
From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), of unknown origin. Perhaps an alteration of Latin galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Israel. More at Galilee.
Across languages
Translations
167 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: galeri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Arabic: مَعْرِض (maʕriḍ) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Arabic: صَالَةُ عَرْض (ṣālatu ʕarḍ) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Arabic: مَعْرَض — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Armenian: պատկերասրահ (patkerasrah) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Azerbaijani: qalereya — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Belarusian: галерэ́я (haljeréja) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Bulgarian: гале́рия (galérija) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Catalan: galeria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Chinese Cantonese: 藝廊 /艺廊 — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Chinese Mandarin: 藝廊 /艺廊 (yìláng) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Chinese Mandarin: 畫廊 /画廊 (huàláng) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Czech: galerie — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Danish: galleri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Dutch: galerij — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Esperanto: galerio — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Estonian: galerii — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Finnish: galleria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- French: galerie — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Galician: galería — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Georgian: გალერეა (galerea) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- German: Galerie — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Greek: γκαλερί (gkalerí) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Ancient Greek: πινακοθήκη (pinakothḗkē) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Hebrew: גָּלֶרְיָה (galeria) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Hindi: गैलरी (gailrī) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Hungarian: képtár — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Hungarian: galéria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Icelandic: gallerí — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Indonesian: galeri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Irish: dánlann — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Irish: gailearaí — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Italian: galleria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Japanese: 画廊 (garō) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Japanese: ギャラリー (gyararī) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Japanese: 美術館 (bijutsukan) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಕಲ (citrakala) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Kazakh: галерея (galereä) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Khmer: វិចិត្រសាល (vicetraʼsaal) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Khmer: វិចត្រសាល (vicetraʼsaal) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Korean: 갤러리 (gaelleori) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Korean: 화랑 (hwarang) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Northern Kurdish: galerî — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Kyrgyz: галерея (galereya) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Latin: pinacotheca — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Latvian: galerija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Lithuanian: galerija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Macedonian: галерија (galerija) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Malay: galeri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Malayalam: ചിത്രശാല (citraśāla) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Māori: whare toi — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Norwegian Bokmål: galleri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Norwegian Nynorsk: galleri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Iranian Persian: نَمایِشْگاه (namâyešgâh) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Iranian Persian: گالِری (gâleri) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Iranian Persian: نِگارْخانِه (negârxâne) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Polish: galeria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Portuguese: galeria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Romanian: galerie — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Russian: галере́я (galeréja) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Sanskrit: वीथिका (vīthikā) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Scottish Gaelic: gailearaidh — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Serbo-Croatian: галѐрија — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Serbo-Croatian: galèrija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Slovak: galéria — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Slovene: galerija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Lower Sorbian: galerija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Upper Sorbian: galerija — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Spanish: galería — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Swedish: galleri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Tajik: галерея (galereya) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Tajik: намоишгоҳ (namoyišgoh) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Tamil: காட்சியகம் (kāṭciyakam) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Thai: หอศิลป์ (hɔ̌ɔ-sǐn) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Turkish: galeri — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Turkmen: galereýa — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Ukrainian: галере́я (haleréja) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Urdu: نِگار خانَہ (nigār xāna) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Urdu: تَصْوِیر خانَہ (tasvīr xāna) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Urdu: نُمائِش گاہ (numāiś gāh) — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Uzbek: galereya — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Welsh: oriel — institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art
- Armenian: պատկերասրահ (patkerasrah) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Bulgarian: гале́рия (galérija) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Catalan: galeria — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Chinese Mandarin: 畫店 /画店 (huàdiàn) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Chinese Mandarin: 展銷畫廊 /展销画廊 (zhǎnxiāo huàláng) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Czech: galerie — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Estonian: galerii — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Finnish: galleria — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- French: galerie — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Galician: galería — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Georgian: გალერეა (galerea) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- German: Galerie — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Hindi: गैलरी (gailrī) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Hungarian: galéria — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Irish: dánlann — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Irish: gailearaí — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Italian: galleria — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Korean: 갤러리 (gaelleori) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Macedonian: галерија (galerija) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Māori: whare toi — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Norwegian Bokmål: galleri — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Norwegian Nynorsk: galleri — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Iranian Persian: نَمایِشْگاه (namâyešgâh) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Portuguese: galeria — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Russian: галере́я (galeréja) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Scottish Gaelic: gailearaidh — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Lower Sorbian: galerija — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Spanish: galería — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Swedish: galleri — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Thai: หอศิลป์ (hɔ̌ɔ-sǐn) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Turkish: galeri — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Ukrainian: галере́я (haleréja) — establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art
- Bulgarian: гале́рия (galérija) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Catalan: galeria — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Chinese Mandarin: 樓座層 /楼座层 (lóuzuòcéng) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Chinese Mandarin: 懸臂樓座 /悬臂楼座 (xuánbì lóuzuò) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Czech: galerie — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Finnish: lehteri — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Finnish: parvi — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- French: balcon — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Georgian: გალერეა (galerea) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Georgian: ქანდარა (kandara) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- German: Galerie — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Hebrew: יָצִיעַ (yatsía') — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Hindi: गैलरी (gailrī) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Hungarian: karzat — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Irish: áiléar — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Italian: palchetto — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Italian: balconata — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Italian: galleria — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Italian: loggia — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Japanese: 桟敷 (sajiki) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Macedonian: галерија (galerija) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Māori: huarewa — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Norwegian Bokmål: galleri — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Norwegian Nynorsk: galleri — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Portuguese: galeria — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Portuguese: tribuna — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Russian: галере́я (galeréja) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Swedish: läktare — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Swedish: balkong — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Turkish: galeri — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Ukrainian: галере́я (haleréja) — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Welsh: oriel — area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium
- Bulgarian: гале́рия (galérija) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Bulgarian: пасаж (pasaž) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Catalan: galeria — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Chinese Mandarin: 廊廡 /廊庑 (lángwǔ) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Chinese Mandarin: 廡 /庑 (wǔ) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Dutch: galerij — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Finnish: galleria — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- French: galerie — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Galician: galería — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Georgian: გალერეა (galerea) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- German: Galerie — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Irish: gailearaí — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Italian: galleria — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Italian: portico — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Italian: porticato — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Khmer: ថែវ (thaew) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Portuguese: galeria — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Russian: галере́я (galeréja) — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Spanish: galería — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Turkish: galeri — roofed promenade along the wall of a building
- Finnish: galleria — fortification: covered passage
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