different between terrace vs colonnade

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French terrasse, from Old Occitan terrassa, from terra (“land”). Doublet of terrasse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t???s/
• Rhymes: -???s

Noun

terrace (plural terraces)

1. A flat open area on the topmost floor of a building or apartment
2. A platform that extends outwards from a building.
3. A raised, flat-topped bank of earth with sloping sides, especially one of a series for farming or leisure; a similar natural area of ground, often next to a river.
4. A row of residential houses with no gaps between them; a group of row houses.
5. (Britain, informal) A single house in such a group.
6. (in the plural, chiefly Britain) The standing area at a football ground.
7. (chiefly India) The roof of a building, especially if accessible to the residents. Often used for drying laundry, sun-drying foodstuffs, exercise, or sleeping outdoors in hot weather.

Synonyms

• terrasse (Quebec)

Related terms

Translations

See also

• patio

Verb

terrace (third-person singular simple present terraces, present participle terracing, simple past and past participle terraced)

1. To provide something with a terrace.
2. To form something into a terrace.

Translations

Anagrams

• caterer, reacter, recrate, retrace

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French colonnade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?l??ne?d/
• Rhymes: -e?d

Noun

colonnade (plural colonnades)

1. A series of columns at regular intervals.
2. A peristyle.
3. A portico or stoa.
4. A regular row of anything, such as trees.

Translations

French

Etymology

colonne (“column”) +? -ade

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.l?.nad/

Noun

colonnade f (plural colonnades)

1. colonnade

Further reading

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