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arcade en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • ärkād
  • /ɑːˈkeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑɹˈkeɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Italian arcatabor. French arcadeubor. English arcade Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“the arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“an arc”). Not etymologically related to Arcadia.

Meanings

  1. A row of arches.
    • The walk down to the Underground station is equally easy, as you pass through the restored undercroft along an arcade of two-way spanning 'quadripartite' arches. 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: London Bridge”, in RAIL, number 948, page 31:
  2. A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
  3. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) Clipping of amusement arcade.

Forms

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arcades Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

barcade · arcadian · arcadey · arcade game · amusement arcade · arcader · arcade adventure · penny arcade · arcading · arcadelike · parkade · video arcade · arcaded

Descendants

アーケード · 아케이드 · arkádové · arcade

Translations (77)

it loggiato (row of arches) · es arcada (row of arches) · tr pasaj (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · it porticato (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · mk пасаж (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fi kauppakuja (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ca arcada (row of arches) · it porticato (row of arches) · it sottoportico (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · uz arkada (row of arches) · pl galeria (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · el στοά (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · si ආර්කේඩ් (row of arches) · mk лакоред (row of arches) · bg арка́да (row of arches) · fa طاقی (row of arches) · cs arkáda (row of arches) · ja 商店街 (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · gv arcaid (row of arches) · sm ta'aloga ta'avale (row of arches) · ru пасса́ж (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · pt arcada (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fi pasaasi (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ko 아케이드 (row of arches) · ka არკადა (row of arches) · fr arcade (row of arches) · tk arkada (row of arches) · sv arkad (row of arches) · ro pasaj (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fa پاساژ (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · da arkade (row of arches) · ky аркада (row of arches) · ca porxada (row of arches) · ro arcadă (row of arches) · fi kaarikäytävä (row of arches) · grc στοά (row of arches) · cs pasáž (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · tr arkat (row of arches) · ru арка́да (row of arches) · pl arkada (row of arches) · ka პასაჟი (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ka თაღოვანი გალერეა (row of arches) · nn arkade (row of arches) · hu árkád (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fa دالان (row of arches) · bg паса́ж (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fr galerie marchande (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · hy արկադային (row of arches) · pt arcada (row of arches) · eo arkado (row of arches) · de Laube (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ja アーケード (row of arches) · de Arkade (row of arches) · hu árkád (row of arches) · cmn 拱廊 (row of arches) · pl arkada (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ro arcadă (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · id arkade (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · gv cassan coodit (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fa کوتار (row of arches) · id lorong kedai (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · nl winkelpassage (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · fi arkadi (row of arches) · es galería comercial (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · pl pasaż (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · mk аркада (row of arches) · it portico (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · ms arked (row of arches) · mn аркад (row of arches) · es galería (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides) · vi cửa tò vò (row of arches) · id arkade (row of arches) · fa ساباط (row of arches) · ps آرکیډ (row of arches) · it arcata (row of arches) · nb arkade (row of arches) · pt galeria (covered passage, usually with shops on both sides)

arcade en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • (US) audio
  • ärkād
  • /ɑːˈkeɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ɑɹˈkeɪd/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷos Proto-Italic *arkuos Latin arcus Italian arcatabor. French arcadeubor. English arcade Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“the arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“an arc”). Not etymologically related to Arcadia.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To cover (something) as with a series of arches.
    • […] its trottoirs brick-paved and shaded by trees of almost tropical foliage—conspicuous among them the odoriferous magnolia, and the melia azedarach, or “Pride of China”—these in places completely arcading the streets—the town of Nachitoches offered the aspect of a rus in urbe, or urbs in rure, whichever way you may wish it. 1873, [Thomas] Mayne Reid, “A Choice of Sons-in-Law”, in The Death Shot. A Romance of Forest and Prairie. […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC, page 224:

Forms

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arcades Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
arcading Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
arcaded Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
arcaded Tense=Past lexicographic