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gazebo

noun · 4 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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  • UK: /ɡəˈziːbəʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /ɡəˈziːboʊ/
  • rhymes with -iːbəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: G AH0 Z IY1 B OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Ireland, derogatory

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a small roofed building affording shade and rest

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: summerhouse

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: building, edifice

Narrower terms: belvedere

History

Etymology

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: զրուցարան (zrucʻaran) — roofed structure
  • Armenian: բեսեդկա (besedka) — roofed structure
  • Azerbaijani: söhbətgah — roofed structure
  • Azerbaijani: köşk — roofed structure
  • Azerbaijani: çardaq — roofed structure
  • Azerbaijani: talvar — roofed structure
  • Belarusian: альта́нка (alʹtánka) — roofed structure
  • Bulgarian: беседка (besedka) — roofed structure
  • Catalan: glorieta — roofed structure
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涼亭 /凉亭 (liángtíng) — roofed structure
  • Danish: lysthus — roofed structure
  • Dutch: prieel — roofed structure
  • Esperanto: laŭbo — roofed structure
  • Finnish: huvimaja — roofed structure
  • French: gloriette — roofed structure
  • French: pavillon — roofed structure
  • French: kiosque — roofed structure
  • French: gazébo — roofed structure
  • Georgian: აგარაკი (agaraḳi) — roofed structure
  • Georgian: ბელვედერი (belvederi) — roofed structure
  • German: Pavillon — roofed structure
  • German: Salettl — roofed structure
  • German: Laube — roofed structure
  • German: Gartenlaube — roofed structure
  • Hungarian: filagória — roofed structure
  • Indonesian: saung — roofed structure
  • Italian: gazebo — roofed structure
  • Japanese: 涼亭 (ryoutei) — roofed structure
  • Japanese: 東屋 (azumaya) — roofed structure
  • Korean: 정자 (jeongja) — roofed structure
  • Māori: pūrori — roofed structure
  • Norwegian: lysthus — roofed structure
  • Persian: تارمی (târomi) — roofed structure
  • Persian: طارم (târam) — roofed structure
  • Persian: آلاچیق (âlâčiq) — roofed structure
  • Polish: altana — roofed structure
  • Portuguese: gazebo — roofed structure
  • Portuguese: coreto — roofed structure
  • Romanian: filigórie — roofed structure
  • Russian: бесе́дка (besédka) — roofed structure
  • Slovene: paviljon — roofed structure
  • Slovene: senčnica — roofed structure
  • Slovene: uta — roofed structure
  • Spanish: gazebo — roofed structure
  • Swedish: lusthus — roofed structure
  • Thai: ศาลา (sǎa-laa) — roofed structure
  • Turkish: çardak — roofed structure
  • Turkish: kamelya — roofed structure
  • Turkish: kameriye — roofed structure
  • Turkish: köşk — roofed structure
  • Ukrainian: альта́нка (alʹtánka) — roofed structure
  • Ukrainian: альта́на (alʹtána) — roofed structure
  • Vietnamese: vọng lâu — roofed structure
  • Welsh: gwylfa — roofed structure
  • Welsh: arsyllfa — roofed structure