portico

See also: pórtico

Contents

English

Portico

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
   • 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3

     The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:porch

Derived terms

• porticoed
• porticolike

Translations

small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building

• Aramaic: אסטוא‎ m

  Classical Syriac: ܐܙܓܐ‎ m, ܐܣܛܘܐ‎ m

• Catalan: pòrtic m
• Dutch: portiek (nl) f
• Esperanto: portiko
• Finnish: portiikki (fi)
• French: portique (fr) m
• Galician: pórtico (gl) m
• German: Portikus (de) m or f
• Greek:

  Ancient: στοά f (stoá), αἴθουσα f (aíthousa)

• Hungarian: tornác (hu)

• Italian: portico (it) m, porticato (it) m, pronao (it) m
• Japanese: ポルチコ (poruchiko)
• Latin: porticus m, ambulātiō f
• Maori: kōihi
• Persian: ایوان‎ (fa) (eyvân), ستاوند‎ (fa) (setâvand)
• Polish: portyk (pl) m
• Portuguese: pórtico (pt) m
• Russian: по́ртик (ru) m (pórtik)
• Sanskrit: पिण्ड (sa) m or n (piṇḍa)
• Slovene: portik m
• Spanish: pórtico (es) m

Anagrams

• porotic, prootic

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural portici)

1. portico, arcade, porch

Synonyms

• (portico): pronao

Derived terms

• sottoportico

Related terms

• porticato
• porta

Anagrams

• protico, tropico

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Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch