narthex

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• General-American: /ˈnɑɹθɛks/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈnɑːθɛks/
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From Ancient Greek νάρθηξ (nárthēx, “giant fennel; casket”), a Pre-Greek word, as suggested by the suffix. See also νάρδος (nárdos, “nard”).

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: գավիթ (gavitʻ) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Bulgarian: преддверие (preddverie) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Catalan: nàrtex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Czech: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Danish: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Dutch: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Finnish: eteishalli — vestibule leading to the nave
• Finnish: nartheks — vestibule leading to the nave
• French: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• German: Rute — vestibule leading to the nave
• German: Narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Greek: νάρθηκας (nárthikas) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Hungarian: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Italian: nartece — vestibule leading to the nave
• Macedonian: при́прата (príprata) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Macedonian: на́ртекс (nárteks) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Macedonian: предво́рие (predvórie) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Norwegian: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Polish: narteks — vestibule leading to the nave
• Portuguese: nártex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Russian: притво́р (pritvór) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Russian: на́ртекса (nárteksa) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Spanish: nártex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Swedish: narthex — vestibule leading to the nave
• Ukrainian: бабинець (babynecʹ) — vestibule leading to the nave
• Ukrainian: притво́р (prytvór) — vestibule leading to the nave