palazzo en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /pəˈlɑt͡soʊ/ (US)
- /pəˈlæt͡səʊ/ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.
Meanings
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A large, palatial urban building in Italy.
At the piazzas, Romans are usually surrounded by tourists attracted by the classical palazzos, churches, monuments and fountains.
1990 May 20, Betty Martin, “A Couple of Ways of Viewing 'the Eternal City'”, in Los Angeles Times, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2013:Cecil Spenser's society—who soon shewed he could understand and enter into his views—became a source of great gratification, and his young countryman was almost domesticated at the palazzo.
1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 270–271:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| palazzi | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| palazzos | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
palazzolike · palazzo pants · palazzos
Translations (1)
eo palaco (large, palatial urban building)