galley

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• /ˈɡæli/
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From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”).

90 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قَادِس (qādis) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Bulgarian: галера (galera) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Catalan: galera — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Chinese Mandarin: 槳帆船 /桨帆船 (jiǎngfānchuán) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Chinese Mandarin: 賈列船 /贾列船 (jiǎliè chuán) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Czech: galéra — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Dutch: galei — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Esperanto: galero — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Finnish: kaleeri — ship propelled primarily by oars
• French: galère — ship propelled primarily by oars
• French: galée — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Georgian: გალერა (galera) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• German: Galeere — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Greek: γαλέρα (galéra) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Hebrew: גַּלֵּיאָה (galea) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Hebrew: סְפִינַת מְשׁוֹטִים (sefinat meshotim) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Hebrew: אֳנִיַּת מָשׁוֹט (oniyat mashot) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Hungarian: gálya — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Icelandic: galeiða — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Indonesian: galai — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Italian: galera — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Italian: galea — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Japanese: ガレー船 (garē sen) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Korean: 갤리선 (gaelliseon) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Macedonian: галија (galija) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Maltese: xini — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Manx: birling — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān yāōācalli — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Norwegian Bokmål: galei — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Norwegian Nynorsk: galei — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Old Norse: karfi — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Polish: galera — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Portuguese: galera — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Portuguese: galé — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Russian: гале́ра (galéra) — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Slovak: galéra — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Spanish: galera — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Swedish: galär — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Swedish: galärfartyg n galärskepp — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Turkish: kadırga — ship propelled primarily by oars
• Finnish: kaleeri — light, open boat used on the Thames
• Georgian: გალერა (galera) — light, open boat used on the Thames
• Russian: гале́ра (galéra) — light, open boat used on the Thames
• Finnish: kaleeri — nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
• Georgian: ველბოტი (velboṭi) — nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
• Georgian: კარჭაპა (ḳarč̣aṗa) — nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
• Russian: вельбо́т (velʹbót) — nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
• Russian: ги́чка (gíčka) — nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war
• Bulgarian: камбуз (kambuz) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 船上廚房 /船上厨房 (chuánshàng chúfáng) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Chinese Mandarin: 機上廚房 /机上厨房 (jīshàng chúfáng) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Danish: køkken — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Danish: kabys — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Dutch: kombuis — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Dutch: scheepskeuken — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Esperanto: ŝipkuirejo — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Finnish: kapyysi — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Finnish: pentteri — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Finnish: tarjoomo — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• French: cambuse — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Georgian: კამბუზი (ḳambuzi) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• German: Kombüse — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• German: Bordküche — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Greek: κουζίνα (kouzína) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Italian: cambusa — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Japanese: ギャレー (gyarē) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Low German: Kombüüs — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Low German: Kabüüs — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Manx: shamyr aarlee — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Norman: caboûse — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Norwegian Bokmål: bysse — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Norwegian Nynorsk: bysse — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Polish: kambuz — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Polish: kuchnia pokładowa — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Russian: ка́мбуз (kámbuz) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Russian: ку́хня (kúxnja) — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Swedish: kabyss — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Welsh: ceginfa — cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft
• Bulgarian: наборна дъска (naborna dǎska) — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Japanese: ゲラ (gera) — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Korean: 게라 (gera) — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Russian: верста́тка (verstátka) — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Russian: набо́рная до́ска (nabórnaja dóska) — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Spanish: galera — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Spanish: galerín — printing: oblong tray holding type
• Korean: 게라쇄 (geraswae) — printing: proof sheet from type on a galley
• Russian: гра́нка (gránka) — printing: proof sheet from type on a galley
• Spanish: galera — printing: proof sheet from type on a galley
• Spanish: galerada — printing: proof sheet from type on a galley