pilaster

English

Swedish building with two decorative pilasters.

Alternative forms

• pilastre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro. Equivalent to pillar +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈlastə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /pɪˈlæstɚ/

Noun

pilaster (plural pilasters)

1. (decorative architecture) A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
2. (structural architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.

Translations

a column attached to the wall

• Armenian: որմնասյուն (hy) (ormnasyun)
• Catalan: pilastra (ca) f
• Dutch: pilaster (nl) m, wandpilaster m
• Finnish: pilasteri (fi)
• German: Pilaster (de) m
• Hungarian: pilaszter (hu)
• Persian: جرز‎ (fa) (jerz)
• Polish: pilaster (pl) m
• Portuguese: pilastra (pt) f
• Romanian: pilastru (ro) m
• Spanish: pilastra (es)

See also

• buttress

Anagrams

• pilastre, plaister, plaiters, replaits

Dutch

Alternative forms

• pylaster (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilastre, from Italian pilastro, from Latin pilastrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiˈlɑs.tər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: pi‧las‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑstər

Noun

pilaster m (plural pilasters, diminutive pilastertje n)

1. pilaster, rectangular half column

Hypernyms

• halfpilaar
• halfzuil

Related terms

• pilaar

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilastre, from Middle French pilastre, from Italian pilastro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈlas.tɛr/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -astɛr
• Syllabification: pi‧las‧ter

Noun

pilaster m inan

1. (architecture) pilaster (column attached to the wall)

Declension

Declension of pilaster

	singular	plural
nominative	pilaster	pilastry
genitive	pilastra/pilastru	pilastrów
dative	pilastrowi	pilastrom
accusative	pilaster	pilastry
instrumental	pilastrem	pilastrami
locative	pilastrze	pilastrach
vocative	pilastrze	pilastry

Derived terms

adjective

• pilastrowy

 

Further reading

• pilaster in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• pilaster in Polish dictionaries at PWN