we were in the antechamber, called the narthex, which runs across the front of any Byzantine church [...].
Source: wiktionary
Narthex
//ˈnɑɹθɛks//
Synonyms for "narthex" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
8 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesis a
2 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
2 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 20 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- գավիթ noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Bulgarian
1 entries- преддверие noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Catalan
1 entries- nàrtex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Czech
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Danish
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Dutch
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Finnish
2 entries- eteishalli noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- nartheks noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
French
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
German
2 entries- Narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- Rute noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Greek
1 entries- νάρθηκας noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Hungarian
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Italian
1 entries- nartece noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Macedonian
3 entries- на́ртекс noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- предво́рие noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- при́прата noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Norwegian
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Polish
1 entries- narteks noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Portuguese
1 entries- nártex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Russian
2 entries- на́ртекса noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- притво́р noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Spanish
1 entries- nártex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Swedish
1 entries- narthex noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бабинець noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
- притво́р noun (vestibule leading to the nave)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
One of these was Cardinal Jacopo Stefaneschi, [...] who had now conceived ambitious plans for paintings to decorate the entire narthex, or entrance porch, of Avignon's ancient cathedral.
Source: wiktionary
“Cinco,” Marco bellowed now, hurrying across the narthex to give him a hearty handshake, which Cinco returned without enthusiasm.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.