frontão

Portuguese

Etymology

From fronte +‎ -ão.

Pronunciation

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

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɾõˈtɐ̃w̃/

Rhymes: -ɐ̃w̃
Hyphenation: fron‧tão

Noun

frontão m (plural frontões)

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

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