How to pronounce gallery
American English pronunciation
GAL-uh-ree
- IPA
- /ˈɡæləɹi/
- Syllables
- GAL · uh · ree (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What gallery means
A room or building where art is shown
In a sentence: Our class went to the gallery to see paintings of the sea.
Where it comes from: It came through French from an Italian word for a long covered walkway. No one is sure where that word came from.
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Another meaning
The highest balcony in a theater
In a sentence: Our cheap seats were up in the gallery, so the actors looked tiny far below.
Where it comes from: It comes through French from the Medieval Latin galeria, a long covered porch. The theater meaning grew from the same word.
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