different between portico vs parvis

English

Etymology

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p??t?k??/

Noun

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:porch

Derived terms

• porticoed
• porticolike

Translations

Anagrams

• porotic, prootic

Italian

Etymology

From Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural portici)

1. portico, arcade, porch

   Synonym: pronao

Derived terms

• sottoportico

Related terms

• porticato
• porta

Descendants

• ? English: portico

Anagrams

• protico, tropico

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

Noun

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch

English

Alternative forms

• parvise

Etymology

From Middle English parvis, parvise, parvys, borrowed from Old French parvis, parevis, from Latin parad?sus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Used in the Middle Ages to describe the court in front of St Peter's in Rome, and later similar courts in front of other churches. Doublet of paradise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??.v?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??.v?s/

Noun

parvis (plural parvises)

1. An enclosed courtyard in front of a building, especially a cathedral.
2. A portico surrounding such a space.
3. The porch of a church, or the room over it.

Danish

Etymology

From par (“pair”) +? -vis (“-wise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?parvi??s/, [?p????vi??s]

Adjective

parvis (neuter parvis or parvist, plural and definite singular attributive parvise)

1. (rare) pairwise

Adverb

parvis

1. pairwise, in pairs, two by two

Synonyms

• (adverb): parvist

Estonian

Noun

parvis

1. inessive plural of parv

French

Etymology

From Old French parvis, parevis, from Late Latin parad?sus, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (parádeisos), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *paridayjah. Doublet of paradis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa?.vi/

Noun

parvis m (plural parvis)

1. (historical) parvis
2. forecourt, square

Further reading

• “parvis” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• privas

Latin

Adjective

parv?s

1. dative masculine plural of parvus
2. ablative masculine plural of parvus
3. dative feminine plural of parvus
4. ablative feminine plural of parvus
5. dative neuter plural of parvus
6. ablative neuter plural of parvus

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From par +? -vis

Adverb

parvis

1. in pairs

References

• “parvis” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From par +? -vis

Adverb

parvis

1. in pairs

References

• “parvis” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

par +? -vis

Adjective

parvis (not comparable)

1. pairwise

Declension

Adverb

parvis (not comparable)

1. pairwise, in pairs, two by two