- colonnade
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colonnade — [ kɔlɔnad ] n. f. • 1740; colonnate 1675; de colonne 1 ♦ File de colonnes sur une ou plusieurs rangées, formant un ensemble architectural. Les colonnades des temples grecs. 2 ♦ Géol. Ensemble de formations géologiques en forme de colonne.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Colonnade — • A number of columns symmetrically arranged in one or more rows Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Colonnade Colonnade † … Catholic encyclopedia
colonnade — colonnade, arcade, arcature, portico, peristyle are discriminable as used in architecture. A colonnade is a row of columns (typically on the outside of a building) spaced at regular intervals and carrying an architrave or horizontal member lying… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
colonnade — COLONNADE. s. f. collectif. Suite de colonnes rangées pour servir d ornement à un grand édifice, à une place publique, ou à un beau jardin. La colonnade de Saint Pierre. La colonnade des jardins de Versailles. La colonnade du Louvre … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
Colonnade — Col on*nade , n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See {Colonel}.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc. [1913 Webster] Note: When in front of … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
colonnade — 1718, from Fr. colonnade, from It. colonnato, from colonna column, from L. columna pillar (see HILL (Cf. hill)) … Etymology dictionary
Colonnade — (fr., Bauk.), so v. w. Säulenhalle … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Colonnade — Colonnade, eine mit einem Gebälke bedeckte Säulenreihe. S. Säulenordnung … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Colonnade — Colonnade, ein mit Säulen umgebener, wenigstens auf einer Seite offener Gang; die alte Baukunst wandte die C. viel mehr an als die heutige. Es ist übrigens nicht zu leugnen, daß die C. nur in den Südländern ihre eigentliche Anwendung findet; im… … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
colonnade — ► NOUN ▪ a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof or other structure. DERIVATIVES colonnaded adjective. ORIGIN French, from Latin columna column … English terms dictionary
colonnade — [käl΄ə nād′] n. [Fr < It colonnato < colonna < L columna,COLUMN] Archit. a series of columns set at regular intervals, usually supporting a roof or series of arches colonnaded adj … English World dictionary
