alcove

See also: alcôve

English

Etymology

From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة‎ (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kəʊv/

Noun

alcove (plural alcoves)

A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
A shady retreat.
The house was situated in a leafy alcove.

Translations

small recessed area

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: խորշ (hy) (xorš), անկողնախորշ (hy) (ankołnaxorš)
Bulgarian: ни́ша f (níša)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壁龕 (zh), 壁龛 (zh) (bìkān)
Danish: alkove c, niche c
Dutch: alkoof (nl) f or m
Esperanto: alkovo
Faroese: kovi m
Finnish: alkovi (fi)
French: alcôve (fr) f
Galician: alcoba f
German: Alkoven (de) m; Alkov m (dated), Alkove m or f (dated)

Greek: κόγχη (el) f (kónchi)
Hebrew: גֻּמְחָה‎ (he) f
Hungarian: hálófülke, alkóv (hu), falmélyedés (hu)
Ido: alkovo (io)
Italian: alcova (it) f, talamo (it) m, camera da letto f
Japanese: 壁龕 (ja) (へきがん, hekigan)
Korean: 반침 (ko) (banchim)
Portuguese: alcova (pt) f
Russian: ни́ша (ru) f (níša), алько́в (ru) m (alʹkóv)
Scottish Gaelic: pùball m
Spanish: hornacina (es) f, hueco (es) m, nicho (es) m
Swedish: alkov (sv)
Ukrainian: алько́в (uk) m (alʹkóv), ні́ша f (níša)

Anagrams

coeval, coëval

Italian

Noun

alcove f

plural of alcova

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