galleryとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡæləɹi/
• ハイフネーション: gal‧le‧ry

名詞

gallery (複数形 galleries)

1. An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
2. An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
3. The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
4. (law) The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
   • 1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics かつ music), “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:

     Rose and Valerie screaming from the gallery
     Say he must go free (Maxwell must go free)
     The judge does not agree and he tells them so-o-o-oo

5. A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
6. The spectators of an event, collectively.
   • 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.

7. (computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.

   a gallery of image thumbnails

   a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor

8. (fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
9. (mining) a level or drive in a mine.

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• gallerist