gazebo

English

A gazebo in the Singapore Botanic Gardens

Etymology

Possibly from gaze + Latin conjugation ending -ebo (as in videbo); or possibly from Arabic قَصَبَة‎ (qaṣaba) (whence also casbah), refashioned after gaze.

Pronunciation

homophones: gazabo
Rhymes: -iːbəʊ

Noun

gazebo (plural gazebos or gazeboes)

A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

Translations

roofed structure

Belarusian: альта́нка f (alʹtánka)
Danish: lysthus n
Dutch: prieel (nl) n
Finnish: huvimaja (fi)
French: gazébo (fr) m
German: Gartenlaube (de) f
Italian: gazebo (it) m

Persian: تارمی‎‎ (fa) (tāromi), طارم‎‎ (fa) (tāram)
Polish: altana (pl) f
Russian: бесе́дка (ru) f (besédka)
Swedish: lusthus n
Ukrainian: альта́нка (uk) f (alʹtánka), альта́на (uk) f (alʹtána)
Welsh: gwylfa f, arsyllfa f

Spanish

Noun

gazebo m (plural gazebos)

gazebo

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