oriel

Betekenis (Engels)

1. A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
2. (obsolete) A small apartment next to a hall, used for dining.

Sinonieme

bay window

oriel window

casement

observatory

recess

window

🪟

bay

bow window

dormer

jutty

Vertalings

Erker

sıkma

bow-window

oriel

bovindo

mirador

cumba

observatoire

النافذة البارزة

guette

mirador

saledizo

osservatorio

voladizo

finestra sporgente

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɔːɹiəl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: oriel

In summary

From Middle English oriel, from Old French oriol (“gallery, corridor”), Late Latin oriolum (“portico, hall”), probably from Latin aureolus (“gilded”), applied to an apartment decorated with gilding. See oriole. Or a diminutive of Latin os (“mouth”).