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arcade

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • ärkād
  • General-American: /ɑɹˈkeɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːˈkeɪd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • 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
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