Holonyms: church, cathedral
Source: wiktionary
Apse
//æps//
Synonyms for "apse" (53 found)
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16 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 28 languages.
Albanian
4 entries- absidë noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- ajodhimë noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- kungore noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- kungë noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Bulgarian
1 entries- аспида noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Catalan
1 entries- absis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 半圓形後殿 /半圆形后殿 noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Czech
1 entries- apsida noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Danish
2 entries- apsis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- korrunding noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Dutch
1 entries- apsis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Esperanto
1 entries- absido noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Finnish
4 entries- absidi noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- apsis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- kuori noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- piispanistuin noun (bishop's seat or throne)
French
1 entries- abside noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Galician
1 entries- ábsida noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Georgian
1 entries- აფსიდა noun (semicircular projection from a building)
German
1 entries- Apsis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Greek
1 entries- αψίδα noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Hungarian
1 entries- apszis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Irish
2 entries- cathaoir easpaig noun (bishop's seat or throne)
- cúlbhá noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Italian
1 entries- abside noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Manx
2 entries- apse noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- apse noun (bishop's seat or throne)
Norwegian
2 entries- apsis noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- korrunding noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Persian
2 entries- تابوک noun (bishop's seat or throne)
- محراب noun (bishop's seat or throne)
Polish
2 entries- absyda noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- apsyda noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Portuguese
1 entries- abside noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Romanian
1 entries- absidă noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Russian
1 entries- апси́да noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Slovak
1 entries- apsida noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Slovene
1 entries- apsida noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Spanish
2 entries- ábsida noun (semicircular projection from a building)
- ábside noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Swedish
1 entries- absid noun (semicircular projection from a building)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Meronyms: ambulatory, apse chapels
Source: wiktionary
Near-synonyms: chancel, presbytery, sanctuary (all broadly synonymous)
Source: wiktionary
Our private tour of the cathedral even allowed us to walk through the apse, which most tours don't.
Source: wiktionary
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