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campanile en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌkæmpəˈnili/ (General-American)
• /ˈkæmpənɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation, rare)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /kæmpəˈniːli/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-aɪl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kæmpəˈniːleɪ/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian campanile (“bell tower, belfry”), from campana (“bell”) + -ile (suffix forming nouns indicating locations that host animals or objects). Campana is derived from Late Latin and Medieval Latin campāna (“large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples; tower for such a bell, belfry, campanile”), and then either: * traditionally regarded to be from Latin Campāna (“region of Campania, Italy”) (because bells were supposedly introduced in Christian services in Nola, a diocese of Campania, by Saint Paulinus (c. 354 – 431), though the story has been discredited), from Campānus (“relating to the region of Campania, Italy, or its inhabitants, Campanian”), from campus (“field, plain”) (from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂em- (“to bend, curve”)) + -ānus (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives, which are sometimes used as nouns); or * from Ancient Greek καπάνη (kapánē, “felt helmet”) (apparently because of the similarity in shape). The plural form campanili is derived from Italian campanili.

Meanings

1. A bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.
   • There was no doubt as to the direction, with the campanile of the duomo as a beacon. For a quarter of a mile the road is straight and narrow; then it broadens into an open space and Castel Franco appears. 1914, E[dward] V[errall] Lucas, “Giorgione”, in A Wanderer in Venice, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […], →OCLC, pages 294–295:
   • The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a campanile.

Forms

Relateds

campanula · campanella

Translations (16)

bg камбанария (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · da kampanile (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · fr campanile (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · fi kellotorni (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · ia campanil (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · it campanile (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · vec canpanil (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · el καμπαναριό (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · nn kampanile (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · ru колоко́льня (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · scn campanaru (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · nb kampanile (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · mk камбанарија (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · sv kampanil (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · fi kellotapuli (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower) · es campanil (bell tower, especially in Italy — see also bell tower)

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