arcobotante

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French arc-boutant.[1][2]

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaʁ.ku.boˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ˌah.ku.boˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌaɾ.ku.boˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌaʁ.ku.boˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi/ [ˌaχ.ku.boˈtɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌaɻ.ko.boˈtɐ̃.te/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˌaɾ.ku.buˈtɐ̃.tɨ/ [ˌaɾ.ku.βuˈtɐ̃.tɨ]

  • Hyphenation: ar‧co‧bo‧tan‧te

Noun

arcobotante m (plural arcobotantes)

  1. (architecture) flying buttress (buttress that stands apart from the structure that it supports)

References
  1. “arcobotante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “arcobotante” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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