colonnette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French colonnette.

Noun

colonnette (plural colonnettes)

1. (architecture) a small, thin column, especially one used to support an arcade

French

Etymology

From colonne +‎ -ette.

Pronunciation

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Noun

colonnette f (plural colonnettes)

1. a small column
   • 1896, Pierre Louÿs, Aphrodite:

     Et c’était là, dans une petite maison blanche à terrasse et à colonnettes, qu’ils l’avaient laissée deux mois après, […] .

     And it was there, in a small white house with a terrace and small columns, that they had left her two months later, […]

Further reading

• “colonnette”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Noun

colonnette f

1. plural of colonnetta