alcove

See also: alcôve

English

Etymology

From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæl.kəʊv/

Noun

alcove (plural alcoves)

1. A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
2. A shady retreat.

   The house was situated in a leafy alcove.

Translations

small recessed area

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: խորշ (hy) (xorš), անկողնախորշ (hy) (ankoġnaxorš)
• Bulgarian: ни́ша f (níša)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壁龕／壁龛 (zh) (bìkān), 壁龛 (zh) (bìkān)

• Danish: alkove c, niche c
• Dutch: alkoof (nl) f or m
• Esperanto: alkovo
• Faroese: kovi m
• Finnish: alkovi (fi)
• French: alcôve (fr) f
• Galician: alcoba f
• German: Alkoven (de) m; Alkov m (dated), Alkove m or f (dated)
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• Greek: κόγχη (el) f (kónchi)
• Hebrew: גֻּמְחָה (he) f
• Hungarian: hálófülke, alkóv (hu), falmélyedés (hu)
• Ido: alkovo (io)
• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: alcova (it) f, talamo (it) m, camera da letto f
• Japanese: 壁龕 (ja) (へきがん, hekigan)
• Korean: 반침 (ko) (banchim)
• Polish: alkowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: alcova (pt) f
• Russian: ни́ша (ru) f (níša), алько́в (ru) m (alʹkóv)
• Scottish Gaelic: pùball m
• Spanish: hornacina (es) f, hueco (es) m, nicho (es) m
• Swedish: alkov (sv)
• Ukrainian: алько́в (uk) m (alʹkóv), ні́ша f (níša)

Anagrams

• coeval, coëval

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Italian

Noun

alcove f

1. plural of alcova

Anagrams

• celavo
• vocale