noun
Meaning 1
A large, palatial urban building in Italy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
palazzo
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Pronunciation
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UK: /pəˈlæt͡səʊ/
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US: /pəˈlɑt͡soʊ/
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rhymes with -ætsəʊ
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rhymes with -ɑːtsəʊ
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CMU ARPABET: P AH0 L AA1 Z OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: palaco — large, palatial urban building
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