galley

See also: Galley

English

Model of a typical Mediterranean 16th century galley

Etymology

From Middle English galeie, from Old French galee, from Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γαλέα (galéa) of unknown origin, probably from Ancient Greek γαλέη (galéē), a kind of a small fish, from γαλεός (galeós, “dog-fish or small shark”). Doublet of galea.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡæli/
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Rhymes: -æli

Noun

galley (plural galleys)

Galley of the Austrian passenger ship S.S. Africa in the Mediterranean Sea about 1905

(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
(Britain) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
(nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
(printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
(heraldry) A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket.

Synonyms

(heraldry) lymphad

Derived terms

galleass
galley kitchen
galley slave
galley slice
galley-worm
galliot

Translations

ship propelled primarily by oars

Bulgarian: галера f (galera)
Catalan: galera (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 槳帆船／桨帆船 (jiǎngfānchuán), 賈列船／贾列船, 贾列船 (jiǎliè chuán)
Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān yāōācalli
Czech: galéra (cs) f
Dutch: galei (nl) m
Finnish: kaleeri (fi)
French: galère (fr) m, galée (fr) f
Georgian: გალერა (galera)
German: Galeere (de) f
Greek: γαλέρα (el) f (galéra)
Hebrew: גַּלֵּיאָה‎ (he) f (galea), סְפִינַת מְשׁוֹטִים‎ (he) f (sefinat meshotim), אֳנִיַּת מָשׁוֹט‎ (he) f (oniyat mashot)
Hungarian: gálya (hu)
Icelandic: galeiða (is) f
Indonesian: galai (id)
Italian: galera (it), galea (it) f
Japanese: ガレー船 (garē sen)
Korean: 갤리선 (gaelliseon)
Macedonian: галија f (galija)
Maltese: xini m
Manx: birling f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galei (no) m
Nynorsk: galei m
Old Norse: karfi
Polish: galera (pl) f
Portuguese: galera (pt) f, galé (pt) f
Russian: гале́ра (ru) f (galéra)
Scottish Gaelic: bìrlinn f
Slovak: galéra (sk) f
Spanish: galera (es) f
Swedish: galär (sv) c, galärfartyg n galärskepp n
Turkish: kadırga (tr)

light, open boat used on the Thames

Finnish: kaleeri (fi)
Georgian: გალერა (galera)
Russian: гале́ра (ru) f (galéra)

nautical: small boat carried by a man-of-war

Finnish: kaleeri (fi)
Georgian: ველბოტი (ka) (velboṭi), კარჭაპა (ḳarč̣aṗa)
Russian: вельбо́т (ru) m (velʹbót), ги́чка (ru) f (gíčka)

cooking room or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft

Bulgarian: камбуз m (kambuz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 船上廚房／船上厨房 (chuánshàng chúfáng)
Danish: (aircraft) køkken (da) n, (ship) kabys c
Dutch: kombuis (nl) n, scheepskeuken f
Finnish: kapyysi (fi), pentteri (fi), tarjoomo
French: cambuse (fr) f
Georgian: კამბუზი (ḳambuzi)
German: Kombüse (de) f
Greek: κουζίνα (el) f (kouzína)
Italian: cambusa (it) f
Japanese: ギャレー (gyarē)
Low German:
German Low German: Kombüüs f, Kabüüs f
Manx: shamyr aarlee f
Norman: caboûse f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: (on a ship) bysse (no) m or f
Nynorsk: (on a ship) bysse f
Polish: kambuz (pl) m, kuchnia pokładowa f
Russian: ка́мбуз (ru) m (kámbuz) (vessel), ку́хня (ru) f (kúxnja) (aircraft)
Swedish: kabyss (sv) c

oblong oven

printing: oblong tray holding type

Japanese: ゲラ (gera)
Korean: 게라 (gera)
Russian: верста́тка (ru) f (verstátka), набо́рная до́ска f (nabórnaja dóska)

printing: proof sheet from type on a galley

Korean: 게라쇄 (geraswae)
Russian: гра́нка (ru) f (gránka)

Anagrams

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