belvedere

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vɪ.dɪə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbɛl.vəˌdɪɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

belvedere (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) A turret or other raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area.
   • 1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 57:

     “One evening,” she went on, “while Madame Orio was fast asleep in her little belvedere (it being the good old lady's habit to repair there to rest after a bottle or two of red Padua wine), Manette and Marton left the widow's house noiselessly in the Campo San Zobenigo, and made their way running towards the Piazza of St. Mark's.”

   • 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 761:

     The most important thing, she reflected, as she stood on the balcony of the Mairie which formed a most useful belvedere over the town, was to make her appearance as commonplace and down at heel as possible […] .

   • 2020 August 26, Tim Dunn, “Great railway bores of our time!”, in Rail, page 46:

     Three castellated (with battlements) towers stand sentry here, with one being particularly large. This is said to have been used by Rhodes as a belvedere, and (according to some sources) by railway staff for some time after opening.

2. Bassia scoparia (summer cypress)

• rebeveled

From bel (“nice, fair, beautiful”, apocopic form of bello) +‎ vedere (“view, sight”, noun verb meaning “to see”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌbɛl.veˈde.re/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ere
• Hyphenation: bel‧ve‧dé‧re

belvedere m (plural belvederi)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: terrazza panoramica

• → English: belvedere
• → Esperanto: belvedero
• → French: belvédère
  • → Romanian: belvedere
• → Polish: belweder
• → Portuguese: belvedere, belveder, belver
• → Spanish: belvedere

belvedere (invariable)

1. having good visibility (used especially of tourist coaches)

• belveder
• belver

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌbɛw.veˈdɛ.ɾi/

belvedere m (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) belvedere (raised structure offering a pleasant view of the surrounding area)

   Synonym: torre de observação

Borrowed from French belvédère.

belvedere f (uncountable)

1. belvedere

Borrowed from Italian belvedere (literally “fair view”).

• IPA^(key): /belbeˈdeɾe/ [bel.β̞eˈð̞e.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -eɾe
• Syllabification: bel‧ve‧de‧re

belvedere m (plural belvederes)

1. (architecture) a belvedere

• “belvedere”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024