archway

English

Etymology

From arch +‎ way.

Noun

archway (plural archways)

1. A passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
2. A doorway with a semilunar-shaped top.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.

Derived terms

• archwayed

 

Translations

passageway covered by an arch

• Catalan: porxo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拱道 (zh) (gǒngdào)

• Finnish: kaarikäytävä (fi), kaariportti
• French: arcade (fr) f
• German: Torbogen (de) m, Bogen (de) m, Arkade (de) f, Bogengang (de) m
• Irish: bealach stuach m
• Japanese: アーチ道 (āchi-michi)
• Portuguese: arcada (pt) f
• Romanian: arcadă (ro) f
• Russian: а́рка (ru) f (árka), свод (ru) m (svod), прохо́д под а́ркой m (proxód pod árkoj), арка́да (ru) f (arkáda)
• Spanish: arco (es) m
• Thai: please add this translation if you can