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Added 9 October 2026

gallery

/ˈɡæləɹi/ noun

In Latin: pinacotheca Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about gallery at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Spectators at a golf or tennis match.
A porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed).
A room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited.

Origin

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.

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