alpendre

Etymology

From Latin appendix (“addition”), or either from a Celtic term akin to Gaulish *talopennos (“gable”): confer Occitan alapens (“penthouse”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈpendɾe̝/, /alˈpɛndɾe̝/

Noun

alpendre m (plural alpendres)

1. (dated) porch
   • 1267, Margot Sponer (ed.), "Documentos antiguos de Galicia", Anuari de l'Oficina Románica de Lingüística i Literatura, 7, doc L29:

     que fazan una egreſya con ſou alpendere

     they shall build a church with its porch

2. a penthouse built onto the side of another building.
3. shed.

References

• “alpend” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “alpendre” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “alpendre” in Santamarina, Antón (coord.): Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “alpendre” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology

From Latin appendere, present active infinitive of appendō (“I hang”), from ap- + pendō (“I hang”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pen(d)- (“to pull; to spin”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈpẽ.dɾi/
• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ˈpẽ.dɾe/

Noun

alpendre m (plural alpendres)

1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)
2. overhang (portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building)