The front has a magnificent portico.
Source: tatoeba (10649858)
Portico
//ˈpɔɹtɪkoʊ//
Synonyms for "portico" (64 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (19)
Related words (32)
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Translations
42 translations across 31 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- αἴθουσα noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- στοά noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Aramaic
3 entries- אסטוא noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- ܐܙܓܐ noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- ܐܣܛܘܐ noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Bengali
1 entries- রোয়াক noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Bulgarian
1 entries- портик noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Catalan
1 entries- pòrtic noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Danish
1 entries- porticus noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Dutch
1 entries- portiek noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Esperanto
1 entries- portiko noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Finnish
1 entries- portiikki noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
French
1 entries- portique noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Galician
1 entries- pórtico noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
German
1 entries- Portikus noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰 noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Hindi
1 entries- द्वारमण्डप noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Hungarian
4 entries- előcsarnok noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- oszlopos előtér noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- porticus noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- tornác noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Indonesian
1 entries- portik noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Italian
3 entries- porticato noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- portico noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- pronao noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Japanese
1 entries- ポルチコ noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Latin
2 entries- ambulātiō noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- porticus noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Macedonian
1 entries- по́ртик noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Māori
1 entries- kōihi noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- portiko noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Persian
2 entries- ایوان noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- ستاوند noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Polish
1 entries- portyk noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Portuguese
1 entries- pórtico noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Russian
1 entries- по́ртик noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पिण्ड noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Slovene
1 entries- portik noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Spanish
1 entries- pórtico noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Swedish
1 entries- portik noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Turkish
2 entries- revak noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
- sundurma noun (small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom entered through a columned portico.
Source: tatoeba (10667275)
The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes.
Source: wiktionary
The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.
Source: wiktionary
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