Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colonette

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: colonette
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel.

Example Sentences

"What is now revealed, in a limestone several shades blonder than the rest of the cathedral, are crisp buttresses, gables, colonettes, gargoyles, pinnacles, crockets and ornaments known as trefoils (three cusps), quatrefoils (four cusps) and cinquefoils (five cusps)."

Etymology

French

Inflected Forms

colonettes (plural)

Questions

What does colonette mean?: A narrow decorative column supporting a beam or lintel.
Where does colonette come from?: French

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