"caryatid" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌkɛəɹiˈætɪd/, /ˌkæɹiˈætɪd/ Forms: caryatids [plural], caryatides [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides), plural of Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis, “a priestess of Artemis, female figures used as bearing-shafts”), from καρυατίζω (karuatízō, “dance the Karyatid festival dance”) from Καρύαι (Karúai, “a town in Laconia with a temple of Artemis and a festival”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|cariatide}} Middle French cariatide, {{der|en|la|caryatides}} Latin caryatides, {{der|en|grc|Καρυάτιδες}} Ancient Greek Καρυάτιδες (Karuátides) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|caryatides}} caryatid (plural caryatids or caryatides)
  1. A sculpted female figure serving as an architectural support taking the place of a column or a pillar supporting an entablature on her head. Wikipedia link: caryatid Categories (topical): Architectural elements, Sculpture Derived forms: caryatidal, caryatidic, caryatidlike Related terms: telamon Coordinate_terms: atlas, telamon Translations (a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element): Καρυᾶτις (Karuâtis) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), կարիատիդ (kariatid) (Armenian), cariátide [feminine] (Asturian), карыяты́да (karyjatýda) [feminine] (Belarusian), кариатида (kariatida) (Bulgarian), cariàtide [feminine] (Catalan), karyatida [feminine] (Czech), karyatide [common-gender] (Danish), kariatide [feminine] (Dutch), cariatide [feminine] (French), caryatide [feminine] (French), cariátide [feminine] (Galician), Karyatide [feminine] (German), Καρυάτις (Karyátis) [feminine] (Greek), καρυάτιδα (karyátida) [feminine] (Greek), kariatida (Hungarian), cairiaitid [feminine] (Irish), cariatide [feminine] (Italian), kariatīde [feminine] (Latvian), karyatide [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kariatyda [feminine] (Polish), cariátide (Portuguese), кариати́да (kariatída) [feminine] (Russian), cariátide (Spanish), karyatid [common-gender] (Swedish), каріати́да (kariatýda) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      ],
      "word": "Καρυᾶτις"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "word": "kariatida"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cairiaitid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cariatide"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kariatīde"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "karyatide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kariatyda"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "word": "cariátide"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kariatída",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "кариати́да"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "word": "cariátide"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "karyatid"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kariatýda",
      "sense": "a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "каріати́да"
    }
  ],
  "word": "caryatid"
}

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