trumeau

English

A trumeau

Etymology

From French trumeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹuːˈməʊ/

Noun

trumeau (plural trumeaus or trumeaux)

1. (architecture) The pillar or center post supporting the lintel in the middle of a doorway or window opening, especially in a church.
2. A trumeau mirror.

Translations

pillar

• Dutch: trumeau (nl) m
• Finnish: trymoo (fi)
• French: trumeau (fr) m
• German: Trumeau (de) m
• Russian: трюмо́ (ru) n (trjumó)

mirror — see trumeau mirror

French

Etymology

Probably Old French *trum, from Frankish *thrum (“stump”) (Proto-Germanic *þrum-), suffixed with -eau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁy.mo/

• Audio:

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Noun

trumeau m (plural trumeaux)

1. (obsolete, anatomy) calf
2. (architecture) trumeau
3. pier glass

Descendants

• → English: trumeau
• → Italian: trumeau

Further reading

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

Italian

trumeau (sense 2)

Alternative forms

• trumò

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French trumeau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /truˈmo/^*, (careful style) /tryˈmo/^°
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

trumeau m (invariable)

1. (architecture) trumeau
3. a type of furniture, especially from the 18th century (clarification of this definition is needed)

Derived terms

• trumoncino (diminutive)

Further reading

• (sense 2): trumeau on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it
• trumeau in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana