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portico

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por·ti·co  (pôrt-k, pr-)
n. pl. por·ti·coes or por·ti·cos
A porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building.

[Italian, from Latin porticus, from porta, gate; see per-2 in Indo-European roots.]

porti·coed adj.

portico
Noun
pl -coes or -cos a porch or covered walkway with columns supporting the roof [Italian, from Latin porticus]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.porticoportico - a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area
narthex - portico at the west end of an early Christian basilica or church
porch - a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance
Translations

portico [ˈpɔːtɪkəu] npórtico
portico [ˈpɔːtɪkəu] nportique m
portico [ˈpɔːtɪkəu] nSäulenhalle f
portico [ˈpɔːtɪkəu] nportico

portico
n portico [ˈpoːtikəu]
a row of pillars supporting a roof, usually forming a porch to a building. portiek رِواق галерия с колони arkáda søjlegang der Säulengang προστέγασμα pórtico portikus رواق pylväskäytävä portique אַכסַדרָה द्वारमण्डप, ड्योढी trijem na stupovima (oszlop)csarnok tiang serambi yfirbyggð súlnagöng portico 柱廊 (지붕이 있는) 주랑(柱廊), 현관 portikas portiks serambi anjung portiek søylegang, søyleveranda portyk pórtico portic портик, галерея portikus stebrišče trem pelargång, -hall หน้ามุข sundurma (有圓柱的)門廊 портик, галерея بارہ دري mái cổng


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Often, of pleasant afternoons, the two would drink their black coffee, seated upon the stone-flagged portico whose canopy was the blue sky of Louisiana.
Then he kept silence, folded his arms tightly across his breast, and took up his station under the portico which serves as an avenue of communication between the garden and the court-yard of the Tuileries.
On going downstairs again she found her mother, Norah and Miss Garth all sitting together enjoying the shade and the coolness under the open portico in front of the house.
 
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