anfipróstilo

See also: anfiprostilo

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• anfiprostilo

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔʃ.t͡ʃi.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔs.t͡ʃi.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃.fiˈpɾɔʃ.ti.lu/

Adjective

anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)

1. (architecture) amphiprostyle (having columns at either end but not along the sides)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιπρόστυλος (amphipróstulos, “having pillars on either front”), from ἀμφί (amphí, “both”) + πρόστυλος (próstulos, “with pillars in front”), from πρό (pró, “before, forth”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anfiˈpɾostilo/ [ãɱ.fiˈpɾos.t̪i.lo]
• Rhymes: -ostilo
• Syllabification: an‧fi‧prós‧ti‧lo

Adjective

anfipróstilo (feminine anfipróstila, masculine plural anfipróstilos, feminine plural anfipróstilas)

1. (architecture) amphiprostyle

Noun

anfipróstilo m (plural anfipróstilos)

1. (architecture) an amphiprostyle building

Further reading

• “anfipróstilo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28