gazebo

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English

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A gazebo in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gazebo (plural gazebos or gazeboes)

  1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.
    • 1734, Thomas Sheridan (Sr.), Letter from Dr. Sheridan to Dr. Swift; published in Deane Swift, editor, Letters Written by the late Jonathan Swift, D. D.[2], volume v, London: C. Bathurst et al., 1768, page 367:
      Ann dye Ned inn a gaze ay beau a pun a past Eye maid off any Sun ("and dined in a gazebo upon a pasty made of venison")[1]
    • 1749, William Halfpenny, New and Compleat System of Architecture[3], London: John Brindley, page 7:
      over which is a gazebo room 10 feet square
    • 2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 89:
      She led them around the back of the yard, where a gray, tired-looking gazebo perched at the edge of the oak trees.

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References

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  1. ^ See Harold Williams, editor (1965), The Correspondence of Jonathan Swift[1], volume iv, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 246, footnote 2.

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gazebo.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡadˈd͡zɛ.bo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛbo
  • Hyphenation: ga‧zè‧bo

Noun

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gazebo m (invariable)

  1. gazebo

Further reading

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

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ɡaˈθebo/ [ɡaˈθe.β̞o]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ɡaˈsebo/ [ɡaˈse.β̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ebo
  • Syllabification: ga‧ze‧bo

Noun

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gazebo m (plural gazebos)

  1. gazebo

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