Dictionary

archway en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɑɹt͡ʃˌweɪ/

Etymology

From arch + way.

Meanings

1. A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
2. A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
   • Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind. 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

Forms

Deriveds

archwayed

Translations (19)

fi kaarikäytävä (passageway covered by an arch) · de Bogengang (passageway covered by an arch) · ja アーチ道 (passageway covered by an arch) · ru арка́да (passageway covered by an arch) · es arcada (passageway covered by an arch) · pt arcada (passageway covered by an arch) · de Bogen (passageway covered by an arch) · ro arcadă (passageway covered by an arch) · ru прохо́д под а́ркой (passageway covered by an arch) · de Arkade (passageway covered by an arch) · pl sklepione przejście (passageway covered by an arch) · cmn 拱道 (passageway covered by an arch) · de Torbogen (passageway covered by an arch) · es arco (passageway covered by an arch) · ga bealach stuach (passageway covered by an arch) · ru а́рка (passageway covered by an arch) · ru свод (passageway covered by an arch) · fr arcade (passageway covered by an arch) · ca porxo (passageway covered by an arch)