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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɛd.ɪ.mənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pediment.wav [Southern-England] Forms: pediments [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛdɪmənt Etymology: From the earlier form peremint, perhaps a dialectal alteration of pyramid, under the influence of -ment. Etymology templates: {{m|en|peremint}} peremint, {{doublet|en|pyramid|notext=1}} pyramid, {{m|en|-ment}} -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} pediment (plural pediments)
  1. (architecture) A classical architectural element consisting of a triangular section or gable found above the horizontal superstructure (entablature) which lies immediately upon the columns; fronton. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Translations (architectural element): ἀέτωμα (aétōma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), фронтон (fronton) [masculine] (Bulgarian), frontó [masculine] (Catalan), fronton (Dutch), päätykolmio (Finnish), frontoni (Finnish), fronton [masculine] (French), Giebeldreieck [neuter] (German), Giebelfeld [neuter] (German), Frontispiz [neuter] (German), Bekrönung [feminine] (German), Fronton [neuter] (German), Frontspieß [masculine] (German), Ziergiebel [masculine] (German), Giebel [masculine] (German), Pedimentfläche [feminine] (German), αέτωμα (aétoma) [neuter] (Greek), bjór [masculine] (Icelandic), gaflbrík [feminine] (Icelandic), gaflhlað [neuter] (Icelandic), frontono (Ido), frontone [masculine] (Italian), fastīgium [neuter] (Latin), آلنلق (alınlık) (Ottoman Turkish), fronton [masculine] (Polish), przyczółek [masculine] (Polish), frontão [masculine] (Portuguese), фронто́н (frontón) [masculine] (Russian), frontón [masculine] (Spanish), fronton (Swedish), alınlık (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-pediment-en-noun-wFxZ-K~x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'architectural element': 90 10
  2. (geology) A very gently sloping (0.5°-7°) inclined bedrock surface. Categories (topical): Geology
    Sense id: en-pediment-en-noun-i-PwCZL7 Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gooseneck pediment Related terms: frontispiece, tympanum

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "przyczółek"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frontão"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "frontón",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "фронто́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "frontón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "word": "fronton"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "architectural element",
      "word": "alınlık"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pediment"
  ],
  "word": "pediment"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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