picnostilo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos), compound of πυκνός (puknós, “dense”) + στῦλος (stûlos, “column”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pikˈnɔ.sti.lo/
• Rhymes: -ɔstilo
• Hyphenation: pic‧nò‧sti‧lo

Adjective

picnostilo (feminine picnostila, masculine plural picnostili, feminine plural picnostile)

1. (architecture) pycnostyle

Further reading

• picnostilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana