noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/ˈɡæm.ət/
/ˈɡæm.ɪt/
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rhymes with -æmɪt
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A (normally) complete range.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
1933?, Dorothy Parker, review of Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway play The Lake She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
All the notes in a musical scale.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scale, musical scale
History
Etymology
1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, contraction of Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range.
Across languages
Translations
85 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
أَمْر بِرُمَتِه
(ʔamr birumatih)
— complete range
Bulgarian:
диапазон
(diapazon)
— complete range
Catalan:
gamma
— complete range
Czech:
škála
— complete range
Czech:
rozsah
— complete range
Dutch:
gamma
— complete range
Dutch:
pallet
— complete range
Esperanto:
gamo
— complete range
Finnish:
kirjo
— complete range
Finnish:
skaala
— complete range
Finnish:
asteikko
— complete range
French:
gamme
— complete range
French:
palette
— complete range
Georgian:
გამა
(gama)
— complete range
Georgian:
დიაპაზონი
(diaṗazoni)
— complete range
German:
Skala
— complete range
German:
Palette
— complete range
Greek:
γκάμα
(gkáma)
— complete range
Hungarian:
skála
— complete range
Icelandic:
skali
— complete range
Icelandic:
svið
— complete range
Icelandic:
röð
— complete range
Japanese:
全領域
(zen-ryōiki)
— complete range
Korean:
전반
(jeonban)
— complete range
Korean:
전영역
(jeonnyeong'yeok)
— complete range
Luxembourgish:
Gamm
— complete range
Polish:
gama
— complete range
Portuguese:
gama
— complete range
Romanian:
gamă
— complete range
Romanian:
paletă
— complete range
Russian:
га́мма
(gámma)
— complete range
Russian:
диапазо́н
(diapazón)
— complete range
Russian:
охва́т
(oxvát)
— complete range
Spanish:
gama
— complete range
Swedish:
skala
— complete range
Swedish:
register
— complete range
Turkish:
skala
— complete range
Arabic:
سُلَّمُ المُوسِيقَيّ
(sullamu l-mūsīqayy)
— all the notes in the musical scale
Bulgarian:
гама
(gama)
— all the notes in the musical scale
Catalan:
gamma
— all the notes in the musical scale
Czech:
škála
— all the notes in the musical scale
Czech:
rozsah
— all the notes in the musical scale
Dutch:
toonladder
— all the notes in the musical scale
Esperanto:
gamo
— all the notes in the musical scale
Finnish:
sävelasteikko
— all the notes in the musical scale
Finnish:
asteikko
— all the notes in the musical scale
French:
gamme
— all the notes in the musical scale
Georgian:
გამა
(gama)
— all the notes in the musical scale
German:
Tonumfang
— all the notes in the musical scale
Greek:
κλίμακα
(klímaka)
— all the notes in the musical scale
Hungarian:
hangskála
— all the notes in the musical scale
Icelandic:
tónaróf
— all the notes in the musical scale
Icelandic:
tónaskali
— all the notes in the musical scale
Polish:
gama
— all the notes in the musical scale
Portuguese:
gama
— all the notes in the musical scale
Romanian:
gamă
— all the notes in the musical scale
Russian:
га́мма
(gámma)
— all the notes in the musical scale
Spanish:
gama
— all the notes in the musical scale
Turkish:
gam
— all the notes in the musical scale
Arabic:
سلسلة اللونية
— all the colours available to a device
Bulgarian:
палитра
(palitra)
— all the colours available to a device
Catalan:
gamma
— all the colours available to a device
Czech:
(barevná) škála
— all the colours available to a device
Czech:
paleta
— all the colours available to a device
Finnish:
väriala
— all the colours available to a device
Finnish:
värintoistoalue
— all the colours available to a device
Finnish:
värintoistoala
— all the colours available to a device
French:
gamme
— all the colours available to a device
French:
palette
— all the colours available to a device
French:
gamut
— all the colours available to a device
Georgian:
გამა
(gama)
— all the colours available to a device
Georgian:
პალიტრა
(ṗaliṭra)
— all the colours available to a device
German:
Farbumfang
— all the colours available to a device
German:
Gamut
— all the colours available to a device
Hungarian:
színskála
— all the colours available to a device
Ido:
kolor-serio
— all the colours available to a device
Norwegian:
palett
— all the colours available to a device
Portuguese:
gama
— all the colours available to a device
Romanian:
paletă
— all the colours available to a device
Romanian:
gamă
— all the colours available to a device
Russian:
га́мма
(gámma)
— all the colours available to a device
Russian:
диапазо́н
(diapazón)
— all the colours available to a device
Russian:
охва́т
(oxvát)
— all the colours available to a device
Spanish:
gama
— all the colours available to a device
Turkish:
renk paleti
— all the colours available to a device