portico
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch.
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- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/
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portico (plural porticos or porticoes)
- A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
- 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan:
- 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.
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- See also Thesaurus:porch
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small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building
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portico m (plural portici)
- (architecture) portico, arcade, porch
- Synonym: pronao
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EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.
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portico m (plural porticos)