portico

From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɔːtɪkəʊ/

portico (plural porticos or porticoes)

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.
   • 1855, Frederick Douglass, chapter 3, in My Bondage and My Freedom, New York: Miller, Orton and Mulligan:

     The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.

• See also Thesaurus:porch

• porticoed
• porticolike

• porotic, prootic

From Latin porticus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔr.ti.ko/
• Rhymes: -ɔrtiko
• Hyphenation: pòr‧ti‧co

portico m (plural portici)

1. (architecture) portico, arcade, porch

   Synonym: pronao

• sottoportico

• porticato
• porta

• → Dutch: portico
• → English: portico
• → Finnish: portiikki

• -tropico, protico, tropico

Borrowed from English portico, ultimately from Latin porticus.

portico m (plural porticos)

1. (Jersey) porch