belvedere

belvedere

See also: Belvedere and belvédère

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vɪ.dɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɹ/
• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

belvedere (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 57:

     “One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padua wine), Manette and Marton left the widow's house noiselessly in the Campo San Zobenigo, and made their way running towards the Piazza of St. Mark's.”

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 761:

     The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and down at heel as possible […] .

   • 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:

     Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large. This is said to have been used by Rhodes as a belvedere, and (according to some sources) by railway staff for some time after opening.

2. Bassia scoparia (summer cypress)

Translations

raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area

Belarusian: бельведэ́р m (bjelʹvjedér) Chinese: Mandarin: 望景樓／望景楼 (wàngjǐnglóu) Czech: belvedér m Danish: udsigtstårn n Esperanto: belvedero Estonian: vaateplatvorm, belvedere (et) Finnish: näköalapaikka (fi), näköalatorni, näkötorni (fi) French: belvédère (fr) m, belveder (fr) m Galician: miradouro m, miradoiro (gl) m Georgian: ბელვედერი (belvederi) German: Belvedere (de) n, Aussichtturm m Greek: πανόραμα (el) n (panórama), μπελβεντέρε n (belventére) Hebrew: בלוודרה‎ (he) f (belvedére) Hungarian: kilátótorony (hu) Ido: belvedero (io) Italian: belvedere (it) m, terrazza panoramica f Korean: 벨베데레 (belbedere) Piedmontese: belavista f Polish: belweder (pl) m Portuguese: belvedere m, belveder m, belver m, torre de observação f, mirante m Romanian: belvedere (ro) f Russian: бельведе́р (ru) m (belʹvedér) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: белведе̑ре m Roman: belvedȇre (sh) m Spanish: mirador (es) m, belvedere (es) m Thai: หอทัศนา (hɔ̌ɔ-tát-naa) Ukrainian: бельведе́р (uk) m (belʹvedér) Uzbek: belveder (uz) West Frisian: Belvedêre

Anagrams

• rebeveled

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Italian

Etymology

From bel (“nice, fair, beautiful”, apocopic form of bello) +‎ vedere (“view, sight”, noun verb meaning “to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl.veˈde.re/[1]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: bel‧ve‧dé‧re

Noun

belvedere m (plural belvederi)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: terrazza panoramica

Descendants

• → Polish: belweder

Adjective

belvedere (invariable)

1. having good visibility (used especially of tourist coaches)

References

1. belvedere in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• belveder
• belver

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛw.veˈdɛ.ɾi/

Noun

belvedere m (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: torre de observação

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Romanian

Etymology

From French belvédère.

Noun

belvedere f (uncountable)

1. belvedere

Declension

declension of belvedere (singular only)

	singular
f gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) belvedere	belvederea
genitive/dative	(unei) belvedere	belvederei
vocative	belvedere, belvedereo