Gallery

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Etymology

From Old French galerie, gallerie (“‘a long portico, a gallery’”) < Medieval Latin galeria (“‘gallery’”).

Noun

Singular Gallery

Plural galler

Gallery (galler)

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
3. Uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
4. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side

Derived terms

Terms derived from gallery

peanut gallery

rogues' gallery

Related terms

• gallerist

Translations

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art

Armenian: պատկերասրահ hy(hy) (patkerasrah) Czech: galerie cs(cs) f. French: galerie fr(fr) f. German: Galerie de(de) f. Macedonian: галерија mk(mk) (galérija) f.

Persian: نمایشگاه fa(fa) (namâyešgâh) Russian: галерея ru(ru) (gal'er'éja) f. Swedish: galleri sv(sv) n. Ukrainian: галерея uk(uk) f.

establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art

Armenian: պատկերասրահ hy(hy) (patkerasrah) Czech: galerie cs(cs) f. French: galerie fr(fr) f. German: Galerie de(de) f. Macedonian: галерија mk(mk) (galérija) f.

Persian: نمایشگاه fa(fa) (namâyešgâh) Russian: галерея ru(ru) (gal'er'éja) f. Swedish: galleri sv(sv) n. Ukrainian: галерея uk(uk) f.

area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium

Czech: galerie cs(cs) f. French: balcon fr(fr) m. German: Galerie de(de) f. Macedonian: галерија mk(mk) (galérija) f.

Russian: галерея ru(ru) (gal'er'éja) f. Swedish: läktare sv(sv) c., balkong sv(sv) c. Ukrainian: галерея uk(uk) f.

roofed promenade along the wall of a building

Dutch: galerij nl(nl) f.

Russian: галерея ru(ru) (gal'er'éja) f.

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Arabic: فراغ للعرض / قاعة عرض Novial: galerie Portuguese: galeria pt(pt) f.

External links

• Gallery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• Gallery in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• Gallery at OneLook® Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• allergy
• largely
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