arcobotante

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French arc-boutant.[1][2]

Pronunciation

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  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaɾ.ku.buˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [ˌaɾ.ku.βuˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

  • Hyphenation: ar‧co‧bo‧tan‧te

Noun

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arcobotante m (plural arcobotantes)

  1. (architecture) flying buttress (buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports)

References

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  1. ^ arcobotante”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 20032024
  2. ^ arcobotante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 20082024