# gallery
## English
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡæləɹi/; enPR: gălˈ -ə-rē
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: gal‧le‧ry
* Rhymes: -æləɹi

### Noun

gallery (plural galleries)
* An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of important objects, especially works of art.
    Hyponym: art gallery
    Coordinate term: museum
    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.
* An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
    Coordinate term: gallerist's
    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.
* The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    We could afford the less expensive seats in the gallery.
* (by extension, metonymically) The spectators at an event, collectively.
    Hyponym: peanut gallery
    The politician was clearly appealing to the gallery
** 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
* (law) The part of a courtroom, often elevated and in the rear, where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
    appealing to the gallery
** 1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery Say he must go free
* A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
    elegant galleries looking out onto manicured gardens
* (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
    a gallery of image thumbnails
    a clip-art gallery in a word processor
* (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
    the galleries of the fort
* (mining) A level or drive in a mine.
    the lower galleries
* (automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
    the main gallery
** 2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance, page 92:At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.
** 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines, page 164:Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.
* (television) The production control room.
* A part of a light fixture, forming part of its structure and often providing the mounting for the diffuser.
    Holonyms: light fixture, light, lamp, fixture
    Comeronyms: diffuser, shade, bulb, wiring
    opaline lights with brass galleries
* A part of a monocle—a projection off the ring holding the lens—which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
    Holonym: monocle
    Comeronyms: ring, lens
    adjusting the distance between the bottom gallery and the top gallery
* (entomology) The boring trails produced by an insect in wood.
    beetle gallery
* Ellipsis of gallery forest.

#### Derived terms

* art gallery
* gallerina
* gallery forest
* galleryful
* gallerygoer
* gallery-goer
* gallery hit
* galleryite
* gallerylike
* gallery organ
* gallery shot
* galleryward
* girlery
* minstrel gallery
* minstrels' gallery
* mobile gallery
* nigger gallery
* peanut gallery
* play to the gallery
* press gallery
* rogues' gallery
* shooting gallery
* subgallery
* whispering gallery

#### Related terms

* gallerist

#### Translations

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### Verb

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)
* (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.

### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “gallery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Further reading

* “gallery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gallery”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “gallery”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* largely, allergy, regally, Allgyer