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colonnade

/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/ko-luh-NAYD
/ˌkɑləˈneɪd/kah-luh-NAYD

Meaningacolumn

Common meaning: a row of columns

Journey through time

  1. Latincolumna‘acolumn’source
  2. Italiancolonnatasource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsacolumn → a row of columnscolonnade‘a row of columns’ · 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 Latin columna ‘acolumn’.

Roots

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