belvedere

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• UK: /ˈbɛlvədɪəɹ/
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• UK: /ˈbɛl.vɪˌdɪə/
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• US: /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɚ/
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From Italian bel vedere (“beautiful view”).

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

A reference to an urban legend about the 1980s sitcom Mr. Belvedere, in which filming was allegedly delayed after the actor playing Mr. Belvedere injured himself by sitting on his testicles.

49 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَطَلّ (maṭall) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Arabic: مَطَلّ (maṭall) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Belarusian: бельведэ́р (bjelʹvjedér) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Chinese Mandarin: 望景樓 /望景楼 (wàngjǐnglóu) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Czech: belvedér — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Danish: udsigtstårn — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Esperanto: belvedero — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Estonian: vaateplatvorm — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Estonian: belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Finnish: näköalapaikka — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Finnish: näköalatorni — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Finnish: näkötorni — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• French: belvédère — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• French: belveder — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• West-Frisian: Belvedêre — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Galician: miradouro — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Galician: miradoiro — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Georgian: ბელვედერი (belvederi) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• German: Belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• German: Aussichtturm — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Greek: πανόραμα (panórama) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Greek: μπελβεντέρε (belventére) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Hebrew: בלוודרה (belvedére) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Hungarian: kilátótorony — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Ido: belvedero — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Italian: belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Italian: terrazza panoramica — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Japanese: 見晴らし台 (miharashidai) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Japanese: 望楼 (bōrō) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Korean: 벨베데레 (belbedere) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Macedonian: видиковец (vidikovec) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Piedmontese: belavista — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Polish: belweder — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Portuguese: belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Portuguese: belveder — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Portuguese: belver — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Portuguese: torre de observação — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Portuguese: mirante — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Romanian: belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Russian: бельведе́р (belʹvedér) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Serbo-Croatian: белведе̑ре — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Serbo-Croatian: belvedȇre — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Spanish: mirador — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Spanish: belvedere — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Thai: หอทัศนา (hɔ̌ɔ-tát-naa) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Turkish: cihannüma — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Turkish: tepe köşkü — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Ukrainian: бельведе́р (belʹvedér) — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area
• Uzbek: belveder — raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area