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galaxy

UK/ˈɡæl.ək.si/

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New Zealand/ˈɡɛl.ək.si/

galaxy noun: the Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.

galaxy: the Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth
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Noun

galaxy (plural galaxies)

  1. (archaic) The Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
    • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie [...].1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis
    • Grecian imagination ascribed to the galaxy or milky way an origin in the teeming breast of the queen of heaven[.]1833, Thomas Keightley, Fairy Mythology, volume I, London: William Harrison Ainsworth, page 5
  2. Any of the collections of many millions or billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc. existing as independent and coherent systems, of which there are billions in the known universe.
  3. (figuratively) An assemblage of things or people seen as luminous or brilliant.
    • [a] galaxy of science fiction stars.1936 December, Thrilling Wonder Stories, page 127, column 1
  4. Any print or pattern reminiscent of a galaxy, generally consisting of blending, semiopaque patches of vibrant color on a dark background.
    • Her walls and ceiling were covered with galaxy wallpaper; it was like stepping into space.2016, Reyna Young, Hanover Falls, page 42
    • Her nerdy glasses sat perched on her face, and she wore a May the Force Be With You T-shirt with a black lace skirt, galaxy leggings, and a pair of white Star Wars Vans.2017, Rebekah L. Purdy, Incriminating Dating

Verb

galaxy (third-person singular simple present galaxies, present participle galaxying, simple past and past participle galaxied)

  1. (transitive) To furnish with galaxies.
    • […] how he struggled at one time like a desperate man fiercly ^([sic]) grappling with his mortal foe, and at another like a sanguine lover and noble minded youth, as the cliffy rocks impeded his progress, or dimmed the view he had caught of an aperture, through which the galaxied firmament was seen...1836, anonymous author, “The Victim Bride: A Tale of Monadnock”, in The Philadelphia Visiter, volume 1, number 14, page 53
    • In dazzling light expands the mighty Dome: / Mirror of Heaven,—but Heaven when she doth wear / All galaxied with Stars her flashing hair!1838, John Edmund Reade, Italy: a poem, in six parts, page 138
  2. (archaic, transitive) To gather together into a luminous whole.
    • Let all their Vertues then be Galaxied into this one Indiſtinct Luſtre, they vvere Faithful Servants of Chriſt, and Sufferers for their being ſo.1702, Cotton Mather, “[Book III (Polybius. […]).] Chapter I. Remains of the First Classis.”, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in...
    • The brilliancies on one page of Lalla Roohk ^([sic]) would have sufficed to establish that very reputation which has been in a great measure self-dimned by the galaxied lustre of the entire book.1841, Edgar Allan Poe, “Review of New Books”, in Graham’s Magazine, volume 18, number 5, page 249

Proper noun capitalized: Galaxy

the Galaxy

  1. (dated, proscribed) Synonym of Milky Way Galaxy (“our galaxy”).
    • See yonder, lo, the Galaxyë / Which men clepeth the Milky Wey, / For hit is whyt.1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame
    • So may thy cheekes red outweare scarlet dye, / And their white, whitenesse of the Galaxie […]1633, John Donne, Sapho to Philænis

galaxy meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

galaxy in Hindi

collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc
मंदाकिनी mandākinī

galaxy in Tamil

அண்வெளி, பால் அண்வெளி, அன்ட்றோ அண்வெளி, பால்வெளி, உடுக்கணம், விண்மீன் மண்டலம்

galaxy in Marathi

collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc
दीर्घिका dīrghikā, तारामंडळ tārāmaṇḍaḷ

galaxy in Urdu

collection of billions of stars, galactic dust, black holes, etc
کہکشاں kahkaśā̃
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galaxy in Bengali
ছায়াপথ chaẏapoth
galaxy in Telugu
గెలాక్సీ, గ్యాలక్సీ, గాలక్సీ
galaxy in Malayalam
ഗാലക്സി gālaksi
galaxy in Kannada
ತಾರಾಗಣ, ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಕೂಟ, ನಕ್ಷತ್ರಸಮೂಹ, ಆಕಾಶಗಂಗೆ
galaxy in Punjabi
ਗਲੈਕਸੀ, ਗੈਲਕਸੀ, ਗਲੈਕਸੀਅੰਗ
galaxy in Gujarati
આકાશગંગા, ગેલેક્સી
galaxy in Odia
ଗ୍ଯାଲାକ୍ସି, ଗାଲାକ୍ସି, ଗ୍ଯ଼ାଲାକ୍ସି
galaxy in Sanskrit
आकाशगङ्गा ākāśagaṅgā, मन्दाकिनी mandākinī
galaxy in Sinhala
මන්දාකිණි mandākiṇi
galaxy in Nepali
ग्यालेक्सी, आकाशगंगा, आकाशगङ्गा
galaxy in Pashto
کهکشان kahkašãn
galaxy in Tagalog
galaksiya, sanlibutan
galaxy in Arabic
مَجَرَّة majarra
galaxy in Malay
galaksi, cakerawala
galaxy in Indonesian
galaksi
galaxy in Persian
کهکشان kahkašân
galaxy in Thai
ดาราจักร daa-raa-jàk, กาแล็กซี gaa-lɛ́k-sîi
galaxy in Vietnamese
thiên hà
galaxy in Myanmar
ဂယ်လက်ဆီ gailakhci

Examples of galaxy in a sentence

  • No one knows how many galaxies there are in the universe.
  • Our mission is to travel the galaxy and find new worlds.
  • The furthest known galaxy is about 13 billion light years from Earth.

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Synonyms of galaxy

Forms of galaxy

Noun
pluralgalaxies
alternative formGalaxy
Verb
third-person singular presentgalaxies
present participlegalaxying
past participlegalaxied
pastgalaxied

Plural of galaxy: galaxies

Origin of galaxy

From Middle English galaxye, galaxie, from Old French galaxie, from Latin galaxias, from Ancient Greek γαλαξίας (galaxías, “Milky Way”), shortening of γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kúklos, “milky circle”), from γάλα (gála, “milk”).

Words formed from galaxy

Phrases with galaxy

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Questions about galaxy

What does galaxy mean?
Galaxy means the Milky Way; the apparent band of concentrated stars which appears in the night sky over earth.
What is galaxy in Hindi?
Galaxy in Hindi is मंदाकिनी (mandākinī). See Galaxy meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is galaxy?
Galaxy can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce galaxy?
Galaxy is pronounced /ˈɡæl.ək.si/ (UK).
What is the plural of galaxy?
The plural of galaxy is galaxies.

Words near galaxy in the dictionary

  1. galaxin
  2. galaxins
  3. galaxite
  4. galaxites
  5. galaxolide
  6. galaxy
  7. galaxy brain
  8. galaxy cluster
  9. galaxy clusters
  10. galaxy filament
  11. galaxy filaments

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: galaxy (page history and authors); Galaxy (page history and authors); galaxy (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); galaxy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ഗാലക്സി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); galaxy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); galaxy (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galaxy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galaxy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); galaxy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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