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colonnade

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌkɒləˈneɪd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA2 L AH0 N EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A series of columns at regular intervals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A peristyle.

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A portico or stoa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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4

noun

Meaning 4

A regular row of anything, such as trees.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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5

noun

Meaning 5

a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arcade

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, construction

Narrower terms: loggia

6

noun

Meaning 6

structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: structure, construction

Narrower terms: peristyle

History

Etymology

Etymology tree French colonne Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh2tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin -atader. Occitan -adader. French -ade French colonnadebor. English colonnade Borrowed from French colonnade.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: رِوَاق (riwāq) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Bengali: রোয়াক (rōẇak) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Bulgarian: колона́да (kolonáda) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Catalan: columnata — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 柱廊 (zhùláng) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Chinese Mandarin: 列柱 (lièzhù) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Danish: kolonnade — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Dutch: colonnade — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Esperanto: kolonaro — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Finnish: pylväsrivi — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Finnish: kolonnadi — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • French: colonnade — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • German: Kolonnade — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Ancient Greek: στοά (stoá) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Hungarian: oszlopsor — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Hungarian: oszlopcsarnok — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Hungarian: kolonnád — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Irish: colúnra — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Italian: colonnato — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Japanese: コロネード (koronēdo) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Japanese: 列柱 (retchū) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Macedonian: колона́да (kolonáda) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Polish: kolumnada — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Polish: perystaza — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Portuguese: colunata — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Russian: колонна́да (kolonnáda) — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Slovene: stebrišče — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Spanish: columnata — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Swedish: pelargång — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Swedish: kolonnad — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Turkish: kolonat — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Welsh: pendist — a series of columns at regular intervals
  • Welsh: colofnres — a series of columns at regular intervals