hypostyle

English

Etymology

From hypo- +‎ -style.

Adjective

hypostyle (not comparable)

1. (architecture) Having a roof supported on a row of columns.

Translations

architecture: having a roof supported on a row of columns

• Catalan: hipòstil
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} hüpostüül
• French: hypostyle (fr)
• Greek: υπόστυλος (el) (ypóstylos)
• Italian: ipostilo (it)
• Romanian: hipostil (ro)
• Spanish: hipóstilo m, hipóstila f

Noun

hypostyle (plural hypostyles)

1. (architecture) A building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns.

Translations

architecture: a building or chamber whose roof is supported on a row of columns

• Finnish: hypostyyli (fi)
• Irish: hipistíl f
• Italian: ipostilo (it) m
• Polish: hipostyl m, hypostyl (pl) m
• Romanian: hipostil (ro) n
• Russian: гипости́ль (ru) m (gipostílʹ)

French

Adjective

hypostyle (plural hypostyles)

1. hypostyle

Further reading

• “hypostyle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.