noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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ärkād
General-American:/ɑɹˈkeɪd/
Received-Pronunciation:/ɑːˈkeɪd/
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rhymes with -eɪd
CMU ARPABET:AA0 R K EY1 D
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A row of arches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Clipping of amusement arcade.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
verb
Meaning 4
To cover (something) as with a series of arches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colonnade
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: structure, construction
Narrower terms: loggia
6
noun
Meaning 6
a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: passageway
Narrower terms: amusement arcade, penny arcade
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2erkw- Proto-Indo-European *h2erkwos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Italian arcatabor. French arcadeubor. English arcade Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“the arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“an arc”). Not etymlogically related to Arcadia.
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian:
արկադային
(arkadayin)
— row of arches
Bulgarian:
арка́да
(arkáda)
— row of arches
Catalan:
arcada
— row of arches
Catalan:
porxada
— row of arches
Chinese Mandarin:
拱廊
(gǒngláng)
— row of arches
Czech:
arkáda
— row of arches
Danish:
arkade
— row of arches
Esperanto:
arkado
— row of arches
Finnish:
kaarikäytävä
— row of arches
Finnish:
arkadi
— row of arches
French:
arcade
— row of arches
Georgian:
არკადა
(arḳada)
— row of arches
Georgian:
თაღოვანი გალერეა
(taɣovani galerea)
— row of arches
German:
Arkade
— row of arches
Ancient Greek:
στοά
(stoá)
— row of arches
Hungarian:
árkád
— row of arches
Indonesian:
arkade
— row of arches
Italian:
arcata
— row of arches
Italian:
loggiato
— row of arches
Italian:
porticato
— row of arches
Japanese:
アーケード
(ākēdo)
— row of arches
Korean:
아케이드
(akeideu)
— row of arches
Kyrgyz:
аркада
(arkada)
— row of arches
Macedonian:
аркада
(arkada)
— row of arches
Macedonian:
лакоред
(lakored)
— row of arches
Malay:
arked
— row of arches
Manx:
arcaid
— row of arches
Mongolian:
аркад
(arkad)
— row of arches
Norwegian Bokmål:
arkade
— row of arches
Norwegian Nynorsk:
arkade
— row of arches
Pashto:
آرکیډ
— row of arches
Persian:
ساباط
(sâbât)
— row of arches
Persian:
طاقی
(tāqi)
— row of arches
Persian:
دالان
(dālān)
— row of arches
Persian:
کوتار
(kutār)
— row of arches
Polish:
arkada
— row of arches
Portuguese:
arcada
— row of arches
Romanian:
arcadă
— row of arches
Russian:
арка́да
(arkáda)
— row of arches
Samoan:
ta'aloga ta'avale
— row of arches
Sinhalese:
ආර්කේඩ්
(ārkēḍ)
— row of arches
Spanish:
arcada
— row of arches
Swedish:
arkad
— row of arches
Turkish:
arkat
— row of arches
Turkmen:
arkada
— row of arches
Uzbek:
arkada
— row of arches
Vietnamese:
cửa tò vò
— row of arches
Bulgarian:
паса́ж
(pasáž)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Czech:
pasáž
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Dutch:
winkelpassage
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Finnish:
kauppakuja
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Finnish:
pasaasi
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
French:
galerie marchande
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Georgian:
პასაჟი
(ṗasaži)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
German:
Laube
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Greek:
στοά
(stoá)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Hungarian:
árkád
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Indonesian:
lorong kedai
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Indonesian:
arkade
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Italian:
portico
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Italian:
porticato
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Italian:
sottoportico
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Japanese:
商店街
(shōtengai)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Macedonian:
пасаж
(pasaž)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Manx:
cassan coodit
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Persian:
پاساژ
(pâsâž)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Polish:
pasaż
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Polish:
galeria
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Polish:
arkada
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Portuguese:
galeria
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Portuguese:
arcada
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Romanian:
arcadă
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Romanian:
pasaj
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Russian:
пасса́ж
(passáž)
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Spanish:
galería
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Spanish:
galería comercial
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides
Turkish:
pasaj
— covered passage, usually with shops on both sides