galeria

See also: galéria and galería

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin galeria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ɡə.ləˈɾi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡa.leˈɾi.a]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

galeria f (plural galeries)

1. gallery
2. avalanche gallery, snow shed
3. valance, pelmet

Derived terms

• galerista

Further reading

• “galeria”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “galeria”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “galeria” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “galeria”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian galleria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaˈlɛ.rja/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛrja
• Syllabification: ga‧le‧ria

Noun

galeria f

1. gallery (institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art)
2. shopping center, shopping mall, mall (area hosting multiple retail stores, especially one with outdoor common areas)

   Synonyms: centrum handlowe, galeria handlowa

3. (architecture, theater) gods, paradise (the upper gallery in a theatre)

   Synonyms: jaskółka, paradyz, raik

Declension

Declension of galeria

	singular	plural
nominative	galeria	galerie
genitive	galerii	galerii/galeryj (archaic)
dative	galerii	galeriom
accusative	galerię	galerie
instrumental	galerią	galeriami
locative	galerii	galeriach
vocative	galerio	galerie

Further reading

• “galeria”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “galeria”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Etymology

From Italian galleria, from Late Latin galeria, from galilaea, from Latin Galilaea (“Galilee”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡa.leˈɾi.ɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɐ.lɨˈɾi.ɐ/

• Hyphenation: ga‧le‧ri‧a

Noun

galeria f (plural galerias)

1. gallery (all senses), balcony
2. culvert

Further reading

• “galeria”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “galeria”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026