anfipróstilo

anfipróstilo

See also: anfiprostilo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• anfiprostilo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔʃ.t͡ʃi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔʃ.ti.lu/

Adjective

anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)

1. (architecture) amphiprostyle (having columns at either end but not along the sides)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anfiˈpɾostilo/ [ãɱ.fiˈpɾos.t̪i.lo]
• Rhymes: -ostilo
• Syllabification: an‧fi‧prós‧ti‧lo

Adjective

anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)

1. (architecture) amphiprostyle

Noun

anfipróstilo m (plural anfipróstilos)

1. (architecture) an amphiprostyle building

Further reading

• “anfipróstilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014