arcade

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English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French arcade, from Italian arcata (“arch of a bridge”), from Latin arcus (“arc”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɑɹˈkeɪd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑːˈkeɪd/
• Hyphenation: ar‧cade
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Noun

arcade (plural arcades)

1. (architecture) A row of arches.
2. (architecture) A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
3. An establishment that runs coin-operated games.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Japanese: アーケード
• → Afrikaans: arcade
• → Czech: arkádové

Translations

Verb

arcade (third-person singular simple present arcades, present participle arcading, simple past and past participle arcaded)

1. (transitive) To cover (something) as with a series of arches.

Anagrams

• adarce, araced

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French arcade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑrˈkaː.də/
• Hyphenation: ar‧ca‧de
• Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

arcade f (plural arcaden or arcades, diminutive arcadetje n)

1. (architecture) arcade (array of arches)

Derived terms

• arcadehal

Descendants

• → Indonesian: arkade

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian arcata. By surface analysis, arc +‎ -ade.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.kad/

Noun

arcade f (plural arcades)

1. (architecture) arcade
2. (anatomy) arch, ridge
3. (gaming) arcade

Derived terms

• arcade sourcilière

Descendants

Further reading

• “arcade”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.