portico

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
   • 1855, Frederick Douglass, My Bondage and My Freedom Chapter 3

     The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.

Anagrams

• porotic, prootic

Noun

portico m (plural portici)

1. portico, arcade, porch

Anagrams

• protico, tropico

Etymology

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch