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galley en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɡæli/
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Etymology

Etymology tree Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea)der. Latin galeader. Old French galeeder. Middle English galeie English galley From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”).

Meanings

1. (historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
2. (UK) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
3. One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
4. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
5. An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
6. An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
   • It was very nerve-racking. When I was finally able to write the story, I wrote it at the typewriter and never reread it until I had to edit the typos on the printer's galleys for the publication of the book. 1976 April 26, Jil Clark, Julia Penelope, Susan Wolfe, “The Politics of Language”, in Gay Community News, page 8:
7. A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
8. A representation of a single-masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

Forms

Deriveds

galley worm · galleass · galliot · galley yarn · galley slave · galley news · galleylike · everything but the galley stove · galley downhaul · galley proof · galley kitchen · galley slice · galley-worm

Relateds

trireme · polyreme · quadrireme · pentere · quinquereme · penteconter · bireme · monoreme · unireme · Galley Common

Synonyms

lymphad

Translations (90)

eo galero (ship propelled primarily by oars) · nl scheepskeuken (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · mk галија (ship propelled primarily by oars) · is galeiða (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fr galère (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fi kapyysi (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · pt galera (ship propelled primarily by oars) · es galera (printing: proof sheet from type on a galley) · eo ŝipkuirejo (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · pl kambuz (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ru вельбо́т (nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war) · sv galär (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fi kaleeri (light, open boat used on the Thames) · nn galei (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ka ველბოტი (nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war) · sk galéra (ship propelled primarily by oars) · mt xini (ship propelled primarily by oars) · cmn 船上廚房 /船上厨房 (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ko 게라 (printing: oblong tray holding type) · ru ка́мбуз (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · fr galée (ship propelled primarily by oars) · cmn 槳帆船 /桨帆船 (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fi kaleeri (nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war) · bg камбуз (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · pl galera (ship propelled primarily by oars) · es galera (printing: oblong tray holding type) · de Galeere (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ru гале́ра (light, open boat used on the Thames) · es galerada (printing: proof sheet from type on a galley) · it galea (ship propelled primarily by oars) · gd bìrlinn (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fi tarjoomo (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · nl kombuis (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · he אֳנִיַּת מָשׁוֹט (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ja ゲラ (printing: oblong tray holding type) · ru гра́нка (printing: proof sheet from type on a galley) · da kabys (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ja ガレー船 (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ka კარჭაპა (nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war) · nb bysse (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · fi kaleeri (ship propelled primarily by oars) · he סְפִינַת מְשׁוֹטִים (ship propelled primarily by oars) · fr cambuse (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ru гале́ра (ship propelled primarily by oars) · el κουζίνα (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · it galera (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ru верста́тка (printing: oblong tray holding type) · sv kabyss (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · nds-de Kabüüs (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ja ギャレー (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ko 갤리선 (ship propelled primarily by oars) · it cambusa (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ka გალერა (ship propelled primarily by oars) · gv birling (ship propelled primarily by oars) · tr kadırga (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ru ги́чка (nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war) · nb galei (ship propelled primarily by oars) · cs galéra (ship propelled primarily by oars) · nds-de Kombüüs (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ka გალერა (light, open boat used on the Thames) · gv shamyr aarlee (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · fi pentteri (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · de Kombüse (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ko 게라쇄 (printing: proof sheet from type on a galley) · ar قَادِس (ship propelled primarily by oars) · ca galera (ship propelled primarily by oars) · non karfi (ship propelled primarily by oars) · cmn 機上廚房 /机上厨房 (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ru ку́хня (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · pt galé (ship propelled primarily by oars) · sv galärfartyg n galärskepp (ship propelled primarily by oars) · da køkken (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · es galerín (printing: oblong tray holding type) · ru набо́рная до́ска (printing: oblong tray holding type) · cmn 賈列船 /贾列船 (ship propelled primarily by oars) · bg галера (ship propelled primarily by oars) · hu gálya (ship propelled primarily by oars) · pl kuchnia pokładowa (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · bg наборна дъска (printing: oblong tray holding type) · nn bysse (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · de Bordküche (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · ka კამბუზი (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · he גַּלֵּיאָה (ship propelled primarily by oars) · nci Caxtīllān yāōācalli (ship propelled primarily by oars) · nl galei (ship propelled primarily by oars) · es galera (ship propelled primarily by oars) · id galai (ship propelled primarily by oars) · nrf caboûse (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft) · el γαλέρα (ship propelled primarily by oars) · cy ceginfa (cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft)