glorieta

Borrowed from French gloriette.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ɡlu.ɾiˈɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ɡlo.ɾiˈə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡlo.ɾiˈe.ta]

glorieta f (plural glorietes)

1. pavilion, gloriette

• “glorieta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “glorieta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “glorieta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Borrowed from French gloriette. First attested in 1788 in the "pavilion" sense.

• IPA^(key): /ɡloˈɾjeta/ [ɡloˈɾje.t̪a]

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• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: glo‧rie‧ta

glorieta f (plural glorietas)

1. roundabout, traffic circle (road junction at which traffic streams circularly around a central island)

   Synonym: rotonda

   • 1997, Pilar Urbano, Yo entré en el Cesid, page 183:

     Estando ahí, veo en la glorieta ajardinada dos o tres vehículos grises de la Policía Armada.

     There, I see in the landscaped roundabout two or three gray Armed Police Corps vehicles.

2. (horticulture) arbor, bower
3. summerhouse, alcove, pavilion, gazebo

   Synonym: cenador

   • 1788, Tomás de Iriarte, La señorita malcriada, page 16:

     Marq. Debaxo de la glorieta
     estaríamos mejor
     situados

     Marq. Under the gloriette
     we would be better
     located

4. (Cuba, Dominican Republic) kiosk; newsstand

   Synonym: quiosco

• “glorieta”, 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