Chupple

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Chuppel m (Graubünden)
Chuppele

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cupula (“little tub”); from cupa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.

Pronunciation

(Zurich) IPA^(key): /ˈxupːlə/

Noun

Chupple f (plural Chüpple)

(architecture) dome

References

“Chuppel”, in Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume III, 1885–2019, column 405

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