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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos), compound of πυκνός (puknós, “dense”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “column”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pikˈnɔs.ti.lo/
- Rhymes: -ɔstilo
- Hyphenation: pic‧nò‧sti‧lo
Adjective
picnostilo (feminine picnostila, masculine plural picnostili, feminine plural picnostile)
- (architecture) pycnostyle
Further reading
- picnostilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana