oriel

Significat (Anglès)

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.

Conceptes

tribuna

mirador

Sinònims

bay window

oriel window

casement

observatory

recess

window

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bay

bow window

dormer

jutty

Traduccions

Erker

bovindo

mirador

bow-window

oriel

cumba

sıkma

osservatorio

النافذة البارزة

erker

guardader

mirador

observatório

olhador

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈɔːɹiəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: 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”).