Dictionary

galaxy en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡɛl.ək.si/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), shortening of γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kúklos, “milky circle”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Meanings

1. (archaic) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
   • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...]. 1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis:
   • Grecian imagination ascribed to the galaxy or milky way an origin in the teeming breast of the queen of heaven[.] 1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 5:
2. Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
3. (figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
   • [a] galaxy of science fiction stars. 1936 December 14, Thrilling Wonder Stories, page 127, column 1:
4. Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
   • Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like stepping into space. 2016, Reyna Young, Hanover Falls, page 42:
   • She hurriedly said that she found an^([sic]) faded galaxy blanket. She loved galaxy patterned things. 2018, Isabel Scheck, Survival, page 15:
   • Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face, and she wore a May the Force Be With You T-shirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans. 2017, Rebekah L. Purdy, Incriminating Dating:

Forms

Deriveds

galaxy filament · galaxy-brain · sheet of galaxies · galaxy group · galaxy gas · Sausage Galaxy Population · wall of galaxies · galaxy-brained · galaxywide · galaxyless · galaxy sheet · antigalaxy · galcon · galaxylike · galaxy-wide · galaxy cluster · filament of galaxies · galaxyful · metagalaxy · supergalaxy · hypergalaxy · galaxy brain · galaxy nucleus · gastrophysics · cluster of galaxies · protogalaxy · galaxy wall · group of galaxies

Descendants

galaksi

Holonyms

galaxy filament · supercluster · galaxy group · galaxy cluster

Hyponyms

low-surface-brightness galaxy · Needle Galaxy · pea galaxy · type-cD galaxy · elliptical galaxy · green bean galaxy · whirlpool galaxy · Wolf-Rayet galaxy · Sombrero Galaxy · GB galaxy · dark galaxy · submillimeter galaxy · Markarian galaxy · irregular galaxy · green pea galaxy · N galaxy · Enceladus Galaxy · satellite galaxy · Seyfert galaxy · jellyfish galaxy · ultra diffuse galaxy · red geyser galaxy · Sausage Galaxy · lenticular galaxy · spiral galaxy · starburst galaxy · dwarf galaxy · collisional ring galaxy · active galaxy · radio galaxy · red nugget galaxy

Meronyms

star · black hole

Relateds

Milky Way · galactic · galacto-

Synonyms

trichiliocosm · star city · G · galaxy · island universe

Translations (123)

ug گالاكتىكا (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ja 銀河 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · nl sterrenstelsel (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ps کهکشان (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · mn галактик (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · uk гала́ктика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · cs galaxie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · no galakse (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · is stjörnuþoka (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · nrf galaxie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · mr तारामंडळ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sq yllplimje (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny mdezung'amba (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ru гала́ктика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · et galaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny gwalalanjovu (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · gv ard-chruinnaght (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tg галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · hi मंदाकिनी (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fo stjørnubreyt (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · si මන්දාකිණි (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tum mlalang'amba (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ur کہکشاں (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny mbalang'amba (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · inh гӏалактик (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · cmn 群星 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny mlerang'amba (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · th ดาราจักร (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fur galassie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · eo galaksio (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · yi גאַלאַקטיק (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · be гала́ктыка (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sa आकाशगङ्गा (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · nv sǫʼ dah shijaaʼ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · it galassia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · pal 𐭥𐭠𐭮 𐭩 𐭪𐭠𐭩𐭥𐭮𐭠𐭭𐭩 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · th กาแล็กซี (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · my ဂယ်လက်ဆီ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · km តារាវលី (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · bg гала́ктика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · km ចក្ររាសី (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sa मन्दाकिनी (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · kk галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · de Galaxie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · la galaxias (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ga réaltra (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · pt galáxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · lt galaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tk galaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · es galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sh galàksija (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · bua галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sl galaksija (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tl galaksiya (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ms galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · mr दीर्घिका (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · lo ກາເລັກຊີ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · mt galassja (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · nv yáʼąąh honíkáán (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ko 은하 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fr galaxie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ca galàxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ro galaxie (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · cmn 恆星系 /恒星系 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fi tähtikunta (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · uz galaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fa کهکشان (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · fi galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ms cakerawala (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tum mlambagombe (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sh гала̀ксија (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · cy galaeth (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · rm galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · el γαλαξίας (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ja 星雲 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · da galakse (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · gl galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ky галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · vo galaxüt (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · vo galaxid (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · az qalaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sw galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · bn ছায়াপথ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny chilimira (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ast galaxa (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · br galaksienn (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tg каҳкашон (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · hy գալակտիկա (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ar مَجَرَّة (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · id galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sq galaktikë (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · kw galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tt галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · io galaxio (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ja 銀河系 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sk galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · cmn 星系 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · jv ꦒꦭꦏ꧀ꦱꦶ (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · vi thiên hà (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · lv galaktika (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ko 은하계 (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · hy ծիրկաթին (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ny chipulausiku (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · he גָּלַקְסְיָה (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · gd Slighe Chlann Uisnich (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · pl galaktyka (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ba галактика (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ka გალაქტიკა (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · hu galaxis (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · eu galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · km កាឡាក់ស៊ី (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · mk галаксија (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · is vetrarbraut (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · de Galaxis (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · hu csillagváros (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · de Welteninsel (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tr galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · sv galax (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tl sanlibutan (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · tr gök ada (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · jv galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · ia galaxia (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc) · su galaksi (collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc)

wikidata: Q318

galaxy en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ (Australia, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio
• /ˈɡɛl.ək.si/ (New-Zealand)

Etymology

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), shortening of γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kúklos, “milky circle”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To furnish with galaxies.
   • In dazzling light expands the mighty Dome: / Mirror of Heaven,—but Heaven when she doth wear / All galaxied with Stars her flashing hair! 1838, John Edmund Reade, Italy: a poem, in six parts, page 138:
   • […] how he struggled at one time like a desperate man fiercly ^([sic]) grappling with his mortal foe, and at another like a sanguine lover and noble minded youth, as the cliffy rocks impeded his progress, or dimmed the view he had caught of an aperture, through which the galaxied firmament was seen in its purity and holiness glowing with diamonds and saphires; […] 1836, anonymous author, “The Victim Bride: A Tale of Monadnock”, in The Philadelphia Visiter, volume 1, number 14, page 53:
   • To be dwarfed in a galaxied sky, / doming, arcing, and revolving over / The little space I briefly occupy. 2018, Adrian G. R. Scott, “A Canticle to Creatureliness”, in A Night Sea Journey:
2. (archaic, transitive) To gather together into a luminous whole.
   • How dazzling must their brightness be when they are galaxied in a single bosom! 1844, Horace Smith, Arthur Arundel: A Tale of the English Revolution, volume 1, page 172:
   • Let all their Vertues then be Galaxied into this one Indiſtinct Luſtre, they vvere Faithful Servants of Chriſt, and Sufferers for their being ſo. 1702, Cotton Mather, “[Book III (Polybius. […]).] Chapter I. Remains of the First Classis.”, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of Our Lord, 1698. […], London: […] Thomas Parkhurst, […], →OCLC, 4th part (Remains: Or, Shorter Accounts of Sundry Divines, […]), page 213, column 1:
   • The brilliancies on one page of Lalla Roohk ^([sic]) would have sufficed to establish that very reputation which has been in a great measure self-dimned by the galaxied lustre of the entire book. 1841, Edgar Allan Poe, “Review of New Books”, in Graham’s Magazine, volume 18, number 5, page 249:

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