galaxies
- 1Plural of galaxy.
The art class sponged swirling galaxies of violet and teal onto black paper.
The known universe holds billions of galaxies, each with its own stars and dust.
Note
In its archaic sense the word named the Milky Way, a single band across the night sky, so the plural belongs to the modern sense: independent star systems, counted in billions. It also counts swirling printed patterns and, figuratively, brilliant gatherings of people. The same spelling serves the verb too, meaning to furnish with galaxies.
galaxies is a form of galaxy
galaxy, noun: Any of the billions of independent systems in the known universe, each a coherent mass of millions or billions of stars together with dust, black holes and other matter. Full entry
- Forms
- galaxygalaxies plural
- Spelling
- galaxy → galaxies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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