belvedere

See also: Belvedere and belvédère

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vɪˌdɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

belvedere (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 57:

     “One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padua wine), Manette and Marton left the widow's house noiselessly in the Campo San Zobenigo, and made their way running towards the Piazza of St. Mark's.”

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 761:

     The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and down at heel as possible […] .

   • 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:

     Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large. This is said to have been used by Rhodes as a belvedere, and (according to some sources) by railway staff for some time after opening.

2. Summer cypress (Bassia scoparia)

Translations

raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area

• Arabic: مَطَلّ m (maṭall)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَطَلّ m (maṭall)

• Belarusian: бельведэ́р (be) m (bjelʹvjedér)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 望景樓 / 望景楼 (wàngjǐnglóu)

• Czech: belvedér m
• Danish: udsigtstårn n
• Esperanto: belvedero
• Estonian: vaateplatvorm, belvedere (et)
• Finnish: näköalapaikka (fi), näköalatorni, näkötorni (fi)
• French: belvédère (fr) m, belveder (fr) m
• Frisian:

  West Frisian: Belvedêre

• Galician: miradouro m, miradoiro (gl) m
• Georgian: ბელვედერი (belvederi)
• German: Belvedere (de) n, Aussichtturm m
• Greek: πανόραμα (el) n (panórama), μπελβεντέρε n (belventére)
• Hebrew: בלוודרה (he) f (belvedére)
• Hungarian: kilátótorony (hu)
• Ido: belvedero (io)
• Italian: belvedere (it) m, terrazza panoramica f
• Japanese: 見晴らし台 (ja) (miharashidai), 望楼 (ja) (bōrō)
• Korean: 벨베데레 (belbedere)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: cîhannima f

• Macedonian: видиковец m (vidikovec)
• Piedmontese: belavista f
• Polish: belweder (pl) m
• Portuguese: belvedere m, belveder m, belver m, torre de observação f, mirante (pt) m
• Romanian: belvedere (ro) f
• Russian: бельведе́р (ru) m (belʹvedér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: белведе̑ре m

  Latin: belvedȇre (sh) m

• Spanish: mirador (es) m, belvedere (es) m
• Thai: หอทัศนา (hɔ̌ɔ-tát-naa)
• Turkish: cihannüma (tr) (archaic), tepe köşkü
• Ukrainian: бельведе́р (uk) m (belʹvedér)
• Uzbek: belveder (uz)

Anagrams

• rebeveled

Italian

Etymology

From bel (“nice, fair, beautiful”, apocopic form of bello) +‎ vedere (“view, sight”, noun verb meaning “to see”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl.veˈde.re/
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: bel‧ve‧dé‧re

Noun

belvedere m (plural belvederi)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: terrazza panoramica

Descendants

• → English: belvedere
• → Esperanto: belvedero
• → French: belvédère
  • → Romanian: belvedere
• → Polish: belweder
• → Portuguese: belvedere, belveder, belver
• → Spanish: belvedere

Adjective

belvedere (invariable)

1. having good visibility (used especially of tourist coaches)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• belveder
• belver

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛw.veˈdɛ.ɾi/

Noun

belvedere m (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: torre de observação

Further reading

• “belvedere”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “belvedere”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Italian belvederebor.

French belvédèrebor.

Romanian belvedere

Borrowed from French belvédère.

Noun

belvedere f (uncountable)

1. belvedere

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	belvedere	belvederea
genitive-dative	belvedere	belvederei
vocative	belvedere, belvedereo

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /belbeˈdeɾe/ [bel.β̞eˈð̞e.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Syllabification: bel‧ve‧de‧re

Noun

belvedere m (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) a belvedere

Further reading

• “belvedere”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025