colonnade

UK/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/US/ˌkɒləˈneɪd/

nounC1Very rare — outside the 30,000 commonest English words, so you will meet it in writing rather than in speechleans written

Other forms: colonnades

A colonnade is a long row of columns carrying a roof. Walk under the colonnade.

It gives shade and shelter along the front of a building without closing it in. The colonnade at St Peter's in Rome is four columns deep and holds two hundred and eighty of them.

Definitions of colonnade

1nouncolonnadeA long row of columns carrying a roof.C1
“The colonnade ran the whole length of the square.”

colonnade is a structure.

Where it comes from

French
colonnade
English, today
colonnade

Borrowed from French colonnade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Buildings & Architecture

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colonnade in the wild

In classical architecture, a colonnade is a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing, or part of a building.
Colonnade
Paired or multiple pairs of columns are normally employed in a colonnade which can be straight or curved.
Colonnade
Adjoining the press secretary's office, along the colonnade between the West Wing and the Executive Residence, is the James S.
West Wing
Some years following the installation of electricity, in November 1919 a fire destroyed the 18th century theatre, leaving only its shell and an exterior stone colonnade.
Opéra de Marseille
The Great Colonnade at Palmyra was the main colonnaded avenue in the ancient city of Palmyra in the Syrian Desert.
Great Colonnade at Palmyra

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