Feminine

bóveda

Sentences

Meaning

Concepts

La iglesia
⛪

tiene tres
3

naves cubiertas con bóveda de crucería con terceletes .

The church has three naves covered with a ribbed vault with tercelets.

(feminine) arch (arch-shaped arrangement of trapezoidal stones, designed to redistribute downward force outward, or other similar architectural element)
(feminine) vault (arched roof or ceiling, or a masonry structure supporting and forming this)
(El-Salvador, feminine) bridge (construction spanning a divide and allowing for the passage of traffic)
(feminine) crypt, sepulchre (underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place)

Frequency

Hyphenated as

bó‧ve‧da

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈbobeda/

Cognate with Portuguese

abóbada

In summary

Possibly from Vulgar Latin *volvita, alteration of Latin volūta, from volvere (“turn”), but this presents serious phonetic difficulties. Compare Portuguese abóbada. More likely of Germanic origin, from a Gothic *𐌱𐌿𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*buwiþa), from a derivative of Proto-Germanic *būaną (“to dwell reside, build”). Doublet of voluta.