pilaster

English

Swedish building with two decorative pilasters.

Alternative forms

• pilastre (obsolete)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French pilastre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian pilastro. Equivalent to pillar +‎ -aster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪˈlastə/
• IPA^(key): /pɪˈlæstɚ/

Noun

pilaster (plural pilasters)

1. (decorative architecture) A rectangular column that projects partially from the wall to which it attached; it gives the appearance of a support, but is only for decoration.
2. (structural architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.

Translations

a column attached to the wall

• Catalan: pilastra (ca) f
• Dutch: pilaster (nl) m, wandpilaster m
• Finnish: pilasteri (fi)
• German: Pilaster (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: pilaszter (hu)
• Persian: جرز (fa) (jerz)
• Romanian: pilastru (ro) m
• Spanish: pilastra (es)

See also

• buttress

Anagrams

• pilastre, plaister, plaiters, replaits

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• pylaster (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pilastre, from Italian pilastro, from Latin pilastrum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌpiˈlɑs.tər/

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• Hyphenation: pi‧las‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɑstər

Noun

pilaster m (plural pilasters, diminutive pilastertje n)

1. pilaster, rectangular half column

Hypernyms

• halfpilaar
• halfzuil

Related terms

• pilaar