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. Establishment running coin-operated games.

Derived terms

arcaded arcadian arcading

arcade game penny arcade

Translations

row of arches

Bulgarian: аркада (bg) Czech: arkáda (cs) f. Esperanto: arkado (eo) Finnish: kaarikäytävä (fi), arkadi (fi)

Romanian: arcadă (ro) f. Russian: аркада (ru) Spanish: arcada (es) f.

covered passage, usually with shops on both sides

Bulgarian: пасаж (bg) Dutch: winkelpassage (nl) f. Finnish: kauppakuja, pasaasi

Portuguese: galeria (pt) f. Romanian: arcadă (ro) f., pasaj (ro) n. Spanish: galería (es) f., galería (es) comercial f.

establishment running coin-operated games

Finnish: peliluola, pelihalli Japanese: ゲームセンター (ja) (gēmusentā)

Portuguese: fliperama (pt) Russian: аркада (ru)