gantry
/ˈɡæntɹi/noun
gantry is spelled G-A-N-T-R-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, gantry means “A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of gantry is gantries.
How many letters and syllables are in gantry?
| Letters | 6: G-A-N-T-R-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 45,363rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is gantry?
Gantry appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 45,363rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce gantry?
- /ˈɡæntɹi/
Gantry has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-gantry.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of gantry
- gantries plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does gantry mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A framework of steel bars resting on side supports to bridge over or around something.
- 2
A supporting framework for a barrel.
- 3
A gantry crane or gantry scaffold.
- 4
A faregate or turnstile controlling the entry and exit of people at a location.
- 5
A cylindrical scanner assembly in the bore of which the response of bodies or tissues to some specific exposure can be detected for 3D imaging.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Gantry in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense framework of steel bars bridging over something:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | portique |
| German | Portal, Schilderbrücke (on motorway), Signalbrücke |
| Spanish | andamio metálico, pórtico |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does gantry come from?
From earlier gauntree, possibly from dialectal gaun (“gallon”) + tree, perhaps as a reinterpretation of Middle English *gaunter, from Old Northern French gantier, from Late Latin cantarium, from Latin canterius (“trellis, sort of frame”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).