antemurale

Italian

Etymology

From Latin antemūrāle (“barbican”).

Noun

antemurale m (plural antemurali)

1. barbican (or similar fortification)

Anagrams

• amarulente, aumentarle

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Proto-Italic *anti

Latin ante

Latin ante-

Proto-Indo-European *mey-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Italic *moiros

Latin mūrus

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālis

Latin mūrālis

Latin antemūrāle

From ante- (“before”) + mūrālis (“of or pertaining to a wall”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [an.tɛ.muːˈraː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [an.te.muˈraː.le]

Noun

antemūrāle n (genitive antemūrālis); third declension

1. protecting wall, an outwork, breastwork, barbican

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	antemūrāle	antemūrālia
genitive	antemūrālis	antemūrālium
dative	antemūrālī	antemūrālibus
accusative	antemūrāle	antemūrālia
ablative	antemūrālī	antemūrālibus
vocative	antemūrāle	antemūrālia

Derived terms

• antemūrāle Christiānitātis

Descendants

• Italian: antemurale
• Spanish: antemural

References

• “antemurale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "antemurale", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “antemurale”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• antemurale in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016