antemurale

Italian

Etymology

From Latin antemūrāle (barbican).

Noun

antemurale m (plural antemurali)

  1. barbican (or similar fortification)

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

ante- (before) +‎ mūrālis (of or pertaining to a wall)

Pronunciation

Noun

antemūrāle n (genitive antemūrālis); third declension

  1. protecting wall, an outwork, breastwork, barbican

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

singular plural
nominative antemūrāle antemūrālia
genitive antemūrālis antemūrālium
dative antemūrālī antemūrālibus
accusative antemūrāle antemūrālia
ablative antemūrālī antemūrālibus
vocative antemūrāle antemūrālia

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italian: antemurale
  • Spanish: antemural

References

  • antemurale”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "antemurale", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • antemurale in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • antemurale in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016