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Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)
- (architecture) amphiprostyle (having columns at either end but not along the sides)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /anfiˈpɾostilo/
- Rhymes: -ostilo
- Syllabification: an‧fi‧prós‧ti‧lo
Adjective
anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)
- (architecture) amphiprostyle
Noun
anfipróstilo m (plural anfipróstilos)
- (architecture) an amphiprostyle building
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