"pergola" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɜːɡələ/ [UK], /pɜːˈɡɐʉlə/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-pergola.ogg [Australia] Forms: pergolas [plural], pergole [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Italian pergola, from Latin pergula. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|pergola}} Italian pergola, {{der|en|la|pergula}} Latin pergula Head templates: {{en-noun|+|pergole}} pergola (plural pergolas or pergole)
  1. A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
    Sense id: en-pergola-en-noun-8PFfHaZ6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 33
  2. Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio. Translations (framework): асма (asma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pèrgola [feminine] (Catalan), 涼亭 (Chinese Mandarin), 凉亭 (liángtíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 涼棚 (Chinese Mandarin), 凉棚 (liángpéng) (Chinese Mandarin), pergola [feminine] (Czech), pergola [common-gender] (Danish), pergola (Dutch), pergola (Finnish), pergola [feminine] (French), pérgola [feminine] (Galician), Pergola [feminine] (German), πέργκολα (pérgkola) (Greek), pergola [feminine] (Italian), graticcio [masculine] (Italian), pergolato [masculine] (Italian), パーゴラ (pāgora) (Japanese), одрина (odrina) [feminine] (Macedonian), пергола (pergola) [feminine] (Macedonian), چارطاق (çardak) (Ottoman Turkish), pergola [feminine] (Polish), pérgola [feminine] (Portuguese), pergolado [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), бесе́дка (besédka) [feminine] (Russian), пе́ргола (pérgola) [feminine] (Russian), наве́с (navés) [masculine] (Russian), prègula [feminine] (Sicilian), pérgola [feminine] (Spanish), pergola (Turkish), deildy [masculine] (Welsh), pergola [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pergola-en-noun-OkFr6C2X Disambiguation of 'framework': 39 61
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: pergolo [dated], pergula

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "pérgola"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "framework",
      "word": "pergola"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "framework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deildy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "framework",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pergola"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "pergola"
  ],
  "word": "pergola"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-06 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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