"alcove" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈæl.kəʊv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-alcove.wav Forms: alcoves [plural]
Etymology: From French alcôve, from Spanish alcoba or Portuguese alcova, from Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”). Doublet of qubba. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|alcôve}} French alcôve, {{der|en|es|alcoba}} Spanish alcoba, {{der|en|pt|alcova}} Portuguese alcova, {{der|en|ar|قبة|القُبَّة|vault, chamber with vaulted roof}} Arabic القُبَّة (al-qubba, “vault, chamber with vaulted roof”), {{doublet|en|qubba}} Doublet of qubba Head templates: {{en-noun}} alcove (plural alcoves)
  1. (architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room. Categories (topical): Architecture Translations (small recessed area): խորշ (xorš) (Armenian), անկողնախորշ (ankoġnaxorš) (Armenian), ни́ша (níša) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 壁龕 (Chinese Mandarin), 壁龛 (bìkān) (Chinese Mandarin), výklenek [masculine] (Czech), alkovna [feminine] (Czech), alkove [common-gender] (Danish), niche [common-gender] (Danish), alkoof [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), alkovo (Esperanto), kovi [masculine] (Faroese), alkovi (Finnish), alcôve [feminine] (French), alcoba [feminine] (Galician), Alkoven [masculine] (German), Alkov [dated, masculine] (German), Alkove [dated, feminine, masculine] (German), κόγχη (kónchi) [feminine] (Greek), גֻּמְחָה [feminine] (Hebrew), hálófülke (Hungarian), alkóv (Hungarian), falmélyedés (Hungarian), alkovo (Ido), alcova [feminine] (Italian), talamo [masculine] (Italian), camera da letto [feminine] (Italian), 壁龕 (hekigan) (alt: へきがん) (Japanese), 반침 (banchim) (Korean), ни́ша (níša) [feminine] (Macedonian), nisza [feminine] (Polish), wnęka [feminine] (Polish), alkowa (english: frequent when used as a sleeping space) [feminine] (Polish), alcova [feminine] (Portuguese), ни́ша (níša) [feminine] (Russian), алько́в (alʹkóv) [masculine] (Russian), pùball [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), алков (alkov) [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ниша (niša) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), hornacina [feminine] (Spanish), hueco [masculine] (Spanish), nicho [masculine] (Spanish), alkov (Swedish), алько́в (alʹkóv) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ні́ша (níša) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alcove-en-noun-599AMOFH Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'small recessed area': 96 1 4
  2. A shady retreat.
    Sense id: en-alcove-en-noun-KObSRBja
  3. (countable) The geographical and geological term for a steep-sided hollow in the side of an exposed rock face or cliff of a homogeneous rock type, that was water eroded. Tags: countable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alcoved

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "խորշ"
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "անկողնախորշ"
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "壁龕"
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "壁龛"
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
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      "word": "alkovi"
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "alcôve"
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Alkoven"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "Alkov"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Alkove"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kónchi",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κόγχη"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "גֻּמְחָה"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "hálófülke"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "alkóv"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "falmélyedés"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "alkovo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcova"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "talamo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "camera da letto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "へきがん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hekigan",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "壁龕"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banchim",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "반침"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "níša",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ни́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nisza"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "wnęka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "english": "frequent when used as a sleeping space",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alkowa"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "alcova"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "níša",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ни́ша"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "alʹkóv",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "алько́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pùball"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "roman": "alkov",
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      "word": "алков"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "roman": "niša",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ниша"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "hornacina"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hueco"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "nicho"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
      "word": "alkov"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "alʹkóv",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "níša",
      "sense": "small recessed area",
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}

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