different between gallery vs portfolio

English

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æl??i/
• Hyphenation: gal?le?ry

Noun

gallery (plural 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.
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.
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.

Derived terms

Related terms

• gallerist

Translations

Verb

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

1. (Trinidad and Tobago) To show off

Further reading

• gallery in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• gallery in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• gallery at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• allergy, largely, regally

English

Etymology

From Italian portafoglio; cognate with French portefeuille (“folder, wallet”), from Latin port?re (“to carry”) and folium (“sheet”). The meaning "collection of responsibilities" came by extension in the 1930s.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /p??t?fo?.li?o?/, /-o?l.jo?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??t?f??.li???/, /-??l.j??/
• Rhymes: -??lj??

Noun

portfolio (plural portfolios)

1. A case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents. [from 1720s]
3. (by extension) The collection of such documents, especially the works of an artist or photographer.
4. (politics) The post and the responsibilities of a cabinet minister or other head of a government department. [from 1930s]

   Synonym: ministry

6. (finance) The group of investments and other assets held by an investor. [from 1950s]
7. (business) A collection of assets generally.
   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 378]:

     In the past, thoughts were too real to be kept like a cultural portfolio of stocks and bonds. But now we have mental assets.

8. A range of products.

Descendants

• ? Portuguese: portfólio, portfolio, portefólio

Translations

See also

• blad
• curriculum vitae
• repertoire

Further reading

• portfolio on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Noun

portfolio

1. portfolio

Declension

French

Pronunciation

Noun

portfolio m (plural portfolios)

1. portfolio

Polish

Etymology

From English portfolio, from Italian portafoglio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?r?tf?.l??/

Noun

portfolio n (indeclinable)

1. portfolio (case for carrying papers, drawings, photographs, maps and other flat documents)

Further reading

• portfolio in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• portfolio in Polish dictionaries at PWN