picnostilo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πυκνόστυλος (puknóstulos), compound of πυκνός (puknós, dense) + στῦλος (stûlos, column).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pikˈnɔs.ti.lo/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstilo
  • Hyphenation: pic‧nò‧sti‧lo

Adjective

picnostilo (feminine picnostila, masculine plural picnostili, feminine plural picnostile)

  1. (architecture) pycnostyle

Further reading

  • picnostilo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana