Standard Lemma guide

pergola

name · 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: /ˈpɜːɡələ/
  • US: /ˈpɜɹɡələ/
  • Australian: /pɜːˈɡɐʉlə/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P ER1 G AH0 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: P ER0 G OW1 L AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname from Italian.

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 framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.

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

Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a framework that supports climbing plants

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the arbor provided a shady resting place in the park

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: arbor, arbour, bower

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: framework

Narrower terms: grape arbor, grape arbour

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Pergola.

Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: асма́ (asmá) — framework
  • Catalan: pèrgola — framework
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涼亭 /凉亭 (liángtíng) — framework
  • Chinese Mandarin: 涼棚 /凉棚 (liángpéng) — framework
  • Czech: pergola — framework
  • Danish: pergola — framework
  • Dutch: pergola — framework
  • Finnish: pergola — framework
  • French: pergola — framework
  • Galician: pérgola — framework
  • Georgian: ტალავერი (ṭalaveri) — framework
  • Georgian: ფანჩატური (pančaṭuri) — framework
  • German: Pergola — framework
  • Greek: πέργκολα (pérgkola) — framework
  • Indonesian: pergola — framework
  • Italian: pergola — framework
  • Italian: graticcio — framework
  • Italian: pergolato — framework
  • Japanese: パーゴラ (pāgora) — framework
  • Macedonian: одрина (odrina) — framework
  • Macedonian: пергола (pergola) — framework
  • Persian: چفته (čefte) — framework
  • Persian: داربست (dārbast) — framework
  • Persian: وادیج (vādij) — framework
  • Polish: pergola — framework
  • Portuguese: pérgola — framework
  • Portuguese: pergolado — framework
  • Russian: бесе́дка (besédka) — framework
  • Russian: пе́ргола (pérgola) — framework
  • Russian: наве́с (navés) — framework
  • Sicilian: prègula — framework
  • Spanish: pérgola — framework
  • Turkish: çardak — framework
  • Turkish: kameriye — framework
  • Ottoman Turkish: چارطاق (çardak) — framework
  • Ottoman Turkish: عریش (ʼariş) — framework
  • Welsh: deildy — framework
  • Welsh: pergola — framework