adj
Meaning 1
Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
romanesque
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˌɹoʊməˈnɛsk/
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UK: /ˌɹəʊməˈnɛsk/
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CMU ARPABET: R OW2 M AH0 N EH1 S K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Somewhat resembling the Romans; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Romanesque architecture
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture
Narrower terms: Norman architecture
History
Etymology
From Roman + -esque. Doublet of Romanesco.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: романски (romanski) — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Catalan: romànic — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- French: roman — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- German: romanisch — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Greek: ρομανικός (romanikós) — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Hungarian: román — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Italian: romanico — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Polish: romański — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Romanian: romanesc — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Russian: рома́нский (románskij) — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
- Spanish: románico — Applied to the debased style of the later Roman empire
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