gazebo

English

A gazebo in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Etymology

Possibly from gaze + Latin conjugation ending -ebo (as in videbo); or possibly from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba) (whence also casbah), refashioned after gaze.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈziːbəʊ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ɡəˈziːboʊ/
Rhymes: -iːbəʊ

Noun

gazebo (plural gazebos or gazeboes)

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

Translations

roofed structure

Belarusian: альта́нка f (alʹtánka)
Bulgarian: беседка f (besedka)
Danish: lysthus n
Dutch: prieel (nl) n
Finnish: huvimaja (fi)
French: gloriette f; pavillon m; kiosque m
German: (general) Pavillon (de) m; (Austria also) Salettl (de) n; (in a private garden also) Laube (de) f, Gartenlaube (de) f
Italian: gazebo (it) m
Persian: تارمی‎ (fa) (târomi), طارم‎ (fa) (târam)

Polish: altana (pl) f
Portuguese: gazebo m
Russian: бесе́дка (ru) f (besédka)
Slovene: paviljon m, senčnica (sl) f, uta f
Spanish: gazebo m
Swedish: lusthus n
Ukrainian: альта́нка (uk) f (alʹtánka), альта́на (uk) f (alʹtána)
Vietnamese: vọng lâu
Welsh: gwylfa f, arsyllfa f

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gazebo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡaˈd͡zɛ.bo/
Stress: gazèbo
Hyphenation: ga‧ze‧bo

Noun

gazebo m (invariable)

gazebo

References

gazebo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Spanish

Noun

gazebo m (plural gazebos)

gazebo

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