"telamon" meaning in English

See telamon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtɛləməʊn/, /ˈtɛləmən/ Forms: telamons [plural], telamones [plural]
Etymology: From Latin telamon, from Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{bor|en|la|telamon|}} Latin telamon, {{der|en|grc|τελαμών||pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying}} Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|es}} telamon (plural telamons or telamones)
  1. (architecture) A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support. Synonyms: atlantid, atlas Related terms: Telamon Coordinate_terms: caryatid Translations (male figure as pillar): telamó [masculine] (Catalan), atlant [masculine] (Catalan), 男像柱 (nánxiàngzhù) (Chinese Mandarin), telamon (Finnish), atlantti (Finnish), atlante [masculine] (French), télamon [masculine] (French), cariatide [feminine] (French), Telamon [masculine] (German), Atlant [masculine] (German), Atlas [masculine] (German), telamone [masculine] (Italian), テラモーン (teramōn) (Japanese), atlant [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), telamon [masculine] (Polish), atlant [masculine] (Polish), atlas [masculine] (Polish), атла́нт (atlánt) [masculine] (Russian), теламо́н (tɛlamón) [masculine] (Russian), telamón [masculine] (Spanish), atlante [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*telh₂- (bear)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "telamon",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin telamon",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τελαμών",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin telamon, from Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "telamons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "telamones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "telamon (plural telamons or telamones)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from early 17th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Japanese translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Architecture",
          "orig": "en:Architecture",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "caryatid"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support."
      ],
      "id": "en-telamon-en-noun-8EUMVipF",
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Atlas",
          "Atlas"
        ],
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "Telamon"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "atlantid"
        },
        {
          "word": "atlas"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telamó"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "lang_code": "ca",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlant"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "nánxiàngzhù",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "word": "男像柱"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "word": "telamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "word": "atlantti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlante"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "télamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cariatide"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Telamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Atlant"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "lang_code": "de",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Atlas"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "lang_code": "it",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telamone"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "lang_code": "ja",
          "roman": "teramōn",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "word": "テラモーン"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "lang_code": "nb",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlant"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telamon"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlant"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "lang_code": "pl",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "atlánt",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "атла́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "lang_code": "ru",
          "roman": "tɛlamón",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "теламо́н"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "telamón"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "lang_code": "es",
          "sense": "male figure as pillar",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "atlante"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛləməʊn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛləmən/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telamon"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*telh₂- (bear)"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "telamon",
        "4": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Latin telamon",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τελαμών",
        "4": "",
        "5": "pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin telamon, from Ancient Greek τελαμών (telamṓn, “pillar shaped as a male figure, strap used for carrying”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "telamons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "telamones",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "es"
      },
      "expansion": "telamon (plural telamons or telamones)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Telamon"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "attestations": [
        {
          "date": "from early 17th c.",
          "references": []
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English nouns with irregular plurals",
        "English terms borrowed from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "English terms derived from Latin",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *telh₂- (bear)",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Russian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "en:Architecture"
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "word": "caryatid"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "architecture",
          "architecture"
        ],
        [
          "figure",
          "figure"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ],
        [
          "Atlas",
          "Atlas"
        ],
        [
          "pillar",
          "pillar"
        ],
        [
          "support",
          "support"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(architecture) A figure of a man (often Atlas) used as a pillar for support."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "atlantid"
        },
        {
          "word": "atlas"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "architecture"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛləməʊn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɛləmən/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telamó"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "lang_code": "ca",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlant"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "nánxiàngzhù",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "word": "男像柱"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "word": "telamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "word": "atlantti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlante"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "télamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "lang_code": "fr",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cariatide"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Telamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atlant"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Atlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telamone"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "teramōn",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "word": "テラモーン"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telamon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlant"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "atlánt",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "атла́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "tɛlamón",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "теламо́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "telamón"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "male figure as pillar",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atlante"
    }
  ],
  "word": "telamon"
}

Download raw JSONL data for telamon meaning in English (5.2kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-03-25 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-03-03 using wiktextract (05c257f and 9d9a410). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.