alpendre

First attested in the 13th century. Probably from Latin appendix (“addition”), or either from a Celtic term akin to Gaulish *talopennos (“gable”): compare Occitan alapens (“penthouse”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /alˈpendɾe/ [ɑlˈpen̪.d̪ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -endɾe
• IPA^(key): /alˈpɛndɾe/ [ɑlˈpɛn̪.d̪ɾɪ]
  • Rhymes: -ɛndɾe
• Hyphenation: al‧pen‧dre

alpendre m (plural alpendres)

1. a penthouse built onto the side of another building; lean-to

   Synonyms: combarro, cuberto, pendello

2. shed

   Synonym: alboio

3. (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

   Synonym: portal

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “alpend”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alpendre”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “alpendre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alpendre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “alpendre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Latin appendere (“to hang”), from ap- + pendō (“to hang”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pend- (“to pull; to spin”).

• Hyphenation: al‧pen‧dre

alpendre m (plural alpendres)

1. terrace (platform that extends outwards from a building)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:alpendre

2. overhang (portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building)

   Synonyms: telheiro, coberta