glorieta

See also: Glorieta

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French gloriette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡlu.ɾiˈɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡlo.ɾiˈə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ɡlo.ɾiˈe.ta]

Noun

glorieta f (plural glorietes)

1. pavilion, gloriette

Further reading

• “glorieta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “glorieta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “glorieta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Spanish

FWOTD – 17 June 2021

Etymology

Borrowed from French gloriette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈɾjeta/ [ɡloˈɾje.t̪a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: glo‧rie‧ta

Noun

glorieta f (plural glorietas)

1. roundabout, traffic circle (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

   Synonym: rotonda

   • 1997, Pilar Urbano, Yo entré en el Cesid, page 183:

     Estando ahí, veo en la glorieta ajardinada dos o tres vehículos grises de la Policía Armada.

     There, I see in the landscaped roundabout two or three gray Armed Police Corps vehicles.

2. (horticulture) arbor, bower
3. summerhouse, alcove, pavilion, gazebo

   Synonym: cenador

4. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) kiosk; newsstand

   Synonym: quiosco

Further reading

• “glorieta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014