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gallery
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gal·ler·y  (gl-r)
n. pl. gal·ler·ies
1. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side.
2. A long enclosed passage, such as a hallway or corridor.
3.
a. A narrow balcony, usually having a railing or balustrade, along the outside of a building.
b. A projecting or recessed passageway along an upper story on the interior or exterior of a large building, generally marked by a colonnade or arcade.
c. Such a passageway situated over the aisle of a church and opening onto the nave. Also called tribune2.
4. Southwestern Gulf States See veranda.
5.
a. An upper section, often with a sloping floor, projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater or an auditorium to provide additional seating.
b. The seats in such a section, usually cheaper than those on the main floor.
c. The cheapest seats in a theater, generally those of the uppermost gallery.
d. The audience occupying a gallery or cheap section of a theater.
6. A large audience or group of spectators, as at a tennis or golf match.
7. The general public, usually considered as exemplifying a lack of discrimination or sophistication: accused the administration of playing to the gallery on the defense issue.
8.
a. A building, an institution, or a room for the exhibition of artistic work.
b. An establishment that displays and sells works of art.
c. A photographer's studio.
9. A collection; an assortment: The trial featured a gallery of famous and flamboyant witnesses.
10.
a. An underground tunnel or passageway, as in a cave or one dug for military or mining purposes.
b. A passage made by a tunneling insect or animal.
11. Nautical A platform or balcony at the stern or quarters of some early sailing ships.
12. A decorative upright trimming or molding along the edge of a table top, tray, or shelf.

[Middle English galerie, from Old French, from Old North French galilee, galilee; see galilee.]

galler·ied adj.
Regional Note: In Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, an open roofed porch that runs along at least one side of a house has been called a gallery: "Out on the small front gallery she had hung Bobinôt's Sunday clothes to air" (Kate Chopin). Craig M. Carver, the author of American Regional Dialects, points out that the word gallery, from Old French galerie, was borrowed into British English in the 15th century and was brought over to the American colonies by English-speaking settlers. Although the word in the sense "porch" did not survive in the American English of the East Coast, it was borrowed separately, probably from Acadian French, into the English of 18th-century Louisiana and there survived as part of the Southwestern Gulf dialect.

gallery [ˈgælərɪ]
n pl -leries
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) a room or building for exhibiting works of art
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a covered passageway open on one side or on both sides See also colonnade [1]
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture)
a.  a balcony running along or around the inside wall of a church, hall, etc.
b.  a covered balcony, sometimes with columns on the outside
4. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre
a.  an upper floor that projects from the rear over the main floor and contains the cheapest seats
b.  the seats there
c.  the audience seated there
5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a long narrow room, esp one used for a specific purpose a shooting gallery
6. (Business / Commerce) Chiefly US a building or room where articles are sold at auction
7. (Mining & Quarrying) an underground passage, as in a mine, the burrow of an animal, etc.
8. (Performing Arts / Theatre) Theatre a narrow raised platform at the side or along the back of the stage for the use of technicians and stagehands
9. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) (in a TV studio) a glass-fronted soundproof room high up to one side of the studio looking into it. One gallery is used by the director and an assistant and one is for lighting, etc.
10. (Transport / Nautical Terms) Nautical a balcony or platform at the quarter or stern of a ship, sometimes used as a gun emplacement
11. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Furniture) a small ornamental metal or wooden balustrade or railing on a piece of furniture, esp one surrounding the top of a desk, table, etc.
12. any group of spectators, as at a golf match
play to the gallery to try to gain popular favour, esp by crude appeals
[from Old French galerie, from Medieval Latin galeria, probably from galilea galilee]

Gallery the audience in the gallery, 1649, used in relation to a theatre or the political arena, e.g., ‘playing to the gallery’. See also audience.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.gallery - spectators at a golf or tennis match
audience - a gathering of spectators or listeners at a (usually public) performance; "the audience applauded"; "someone in the audience began to cough"
2.gallerygallery - a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)
lanai - a veranda or roofed patio often furnished and used as a living room
porch - a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
3.gallerygallery - a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
salon - gallery where works of art can be displayed
4.gallery - a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"
room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"
5.gallery - a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)
corridor - an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it
6.gallery - narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade
amphitheater, amphitheatre - a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
balcony - a platform projecting from the wall of a building and surrounded by a balustrade or railing or parapet
choir loft - a gallery in a church occupied by the choir
organ loft - a gallery occupied by a church organ
7.gallery - a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine; "they dug a drift parallel with the vein"
mining, excavation - the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth
passageway - a passage between rooms or between buildings

gallery
noun
1. exhibition room, museum, display room an art gallery
2. passage, hall, lobby, corridor, aisle, hallway, walkway, passageway, vestibule A crowd already filled the gallery.
3. upper circle, gods, balcony They had been forced to buy cheap tickets in the gallery.
Translations
gallery [ˈgælərɪ] N (gen) → galería f (also Min, Theat); (for spectators) → tribuna f; (= art gallery) (state owned) → museo m de arte; (private) → galería f de arte
to play to the galleryactuar para la galería

gallery [ˈgæləri] n
(also art gallery) → musée m
It's on the second floor of the gallery → C'est au second niveau du musée.
[art dealer] → galerie f
[hall] → galerie f
(for spectators)tribune f
(in theatre)dernier balcon m art gallery

gallery
n
(= balcony, corridor)Galerie f; (in church) → Empore f; (Theat) → oberster Rang, Balkon m, → Galerie f; to play to the gallery (fig)sich in Szene setzen
(Art) → (Kunst)galerie f
(underground) → Stollen m

gallery [ˈgælərɪ] n (also art gallery) (state owned) → museo (also 000) (private) → galleria, loggia; (for spectators) → tribuna; (in theatre) → loggione m, balconata
to play to the gallery → parlare (per accattivarsi il pubblico)
gallery [ˈgælərɪ] n (also art gallery) (state owned) → museo (also 000) (private) → galleria, loggia; (for spectators) → tribuna; (in theatre) → loggione m, balconata
to play to the gallery → parlare (per accattivarsi il pubblico)

gallery
n gallery [ˈgӕləri]
1 a large room or building in which paintings, statues etc are on show an art gallery. galery صالَة عَرْض، قاعَة متحَف художествена галерия galerie galleri die Galerie αίθουσα τέχνης, γκαλερί galería galerii نگارخانه galleria galerie גָלֶריָה मकानों के भीतर जाने का मार्ग galerija galéria galeri gallerí, listasafn galleria 画廊 회랑(回廊) galerija galerija galeri galerie (kunst)galleri, (maleri)samling galeria galeria gale­rie галерея galéria galerija galerija konstgalleri, konstmuseum ห้องแสดงผลงานศิลปะห้องถ่ายรูป galeri 藝廊,美術館 галерея کمرہ یا ایوان جہاں فنی اشیا کی نمائش کی جاۓ phòng trưng bày
2 an upper floor of seats in a church, theatre etc, especially (in a theatre) the top floor. galery شُرْفَه балкон galerie galleri; balkon die Galerie εξώστης, γαλαρία tribuna (espectadores); gallinero (teatro) (ülemine) rõdu بالکن فوقانی parvi tribune, dernier balcon יָצִיעַ प्रदर्शनी लगाने का स्थान galerija, kor erkély, karzat balkon svalir loggione さじき (극장, 교회 등의 한 단 높인) 계랑(階廊) galerija, balkonas galerija; balkons galeri balkon balkong galeria galeria galerie, tribună хоры; галёрка galéria galerija galerija läktare ที่นั่งชั้นบน เป็นระเบียงยาวในโรงมหรสพเป็นระเบียงยาวในโรงมหรสพ üst balkon 教堂或劇院等的樓座 гальорка تھئیٹر، گرجا وغیرہ میں بالائی منزل کا حاشیہ hạng vé rẻ nhất
adj
gallery seats. galery في صالَة العَرْض أو الشُّرْفَه хубави места na galerii galleri-; balkon Galerie-... του εξώστη de galería, de gallinero rõdu- ارزان؛ عامی parven de/du dernier balcon יָצִיעַ गैलरी galerijski erkély- di balkon (sæti) á svölum del loggione さじきの 회랑의 galerijos, balkono galerijas-; balkona- galeri balkon- balkong-, galleri- na galerii de galeria (de) la galerie галёрочный na galérii na galeriji galerijski läktar นั่งชั้นบน üst balkon... 樓座 такий, що на гальорці بالکنی میں واقع thuộc hạng vé rẻ

gallery جاليري galerie galleri Kunstgalerie γκαλερί galería galleria galerie galerija galleria 画廊 화랑 galerij galleri galeria galeria галерея galleri ห้องแสดงภาพ galeri phòng trưng bày nghệ thuật 画廊


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