frontão

Portuguese

Etymology

From fronte +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /fɾõˈtɐ̃w̃/ [fɾõˈtɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

  • Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
  • Hyphenation: fron‧tão

Noun

frontão m (plural frontões)

  1. (architecture) gable, pediment (the triangular area of external wall adjacent to two meeting sloped roofs)
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