arcade

English

Wikipedia

An arcade covering a sidewalk.

Etymology

French arcade, from Italian arcata (“arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“arc”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

arcade (plural arcades)

1. (architecture) A row of arches.
2. (architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
3. (gaming) An establishment that runs coin-operated games.

Derived terms

arcaded arcadian arcading

arcade game penny arcade

Translations

row of arches

• Bulgarian: аркада (bg) (arkáda) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拱廊 (cmn) (gǒngláng)

• Czech: arkáda (cs) f
• Esperanto: arkado (eo)
• Finnish: kaarikäytävä (fi), arkadi (fi)

• French: arcade (fr) f
• German: Arkade (de) f
• Italian: arcata (it) f
• Japanese: アーケード (ja) (ākēdo)
• Romanian: arcadă (ro) f
• Russian: аркада (ru) (arkáda) f
• Spanish: arcada (es) f

covered passage, usually with shops on both sides

• Bulgarian: пасаж (bg) (pasáž) m
• Dutch: winkelpassage (nl) f
• Finnish: kauppakuja, pasaasi
• Italian: portico (it) m, porticato (it) m, sottoportico (it) m
• Portuguese: galeria (pt) f

• Romanian: arcadă (ro) f, pasaj (ro) n
• Russian: пассаж (ru) (passáž) m
• Spanish: galería (es) f, galería (es) comercial f

establishment running coin-operated games

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電子遊樂場 (cmn), 电子游乐场 (cmn) (diànzǐ yóulèchǎng)

• Finnish: peliluola, pelihalli
• French: salle d'arcade (fr) f
• German: Spielhalle (de) f

• Japanese: ゲームセンター (ja) (gēmusentā)
• Portuguese: fliperama (pt)
• Russian: аркада (ru) (arkáda) f, галерея игровых автоматов (ru) (galeréja igrovýx avtomátov) f, аркадный центр (ru) (arkádnyj centr) m

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French

Noun

arcade f (plural arcades)

1. (architecture) arcade
2. (anatomy) arch, ridge
3. (gaming) arcade

Derived terms

• arcade sourcilière