frontão

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Etymology

From fronte +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: fron‧tão

Noun

frontão m (plural frontões)

  1. (architecture) gable, pediment (the triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs)