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galley

/ˈɡæli/GA-lee
/ˈɡæli/GA-lee

Meaninggalley

Common meaning: long low ship, historically powered by oars

Journey through time

  1. Late Latingalea‘galley’source
  2. Old Frenchgalie‘galley’source
  3. Middle Englishgaleie‘galley’source
  4. Englishgalley‘long low ship, historically powered by oars’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Late Latin galea ‘galley’.

Roots

  • galea Late Latin “galley”

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