cúpula

See also: cupula

Catalan

Noun

cúpula f (plural cúpules)

1. dome, cupola

Portuguese

cúpula

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cūpula (“small cask, burying vault”), diminutive of Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈku.pu.lɐ/

Noun

cúpula f (plural cúpulas)

1. cupola, dome

   Synonym: domo

2. (Brazil) summit (gathering of leaders)

   Synonym: (Portugal) cimeira

Related terms

• zimbório

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cupula (“small cask, burying vault”), diminutive of Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkupula/ [ˈku.pu.la]

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• Rhymes: -upula
• Syllabification: cú‧pu‧la

Noun

cúpula f (plural cúpulas)

1. (architecture) cupola, dome (dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome)
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 59:

     La Ciudad de de los Césares está encantada en la cordillera de los Andes, a la orilla de un gran lago. El día Viernes Santo se puede ver desde lejos, cómo brillan las cúpulas de sus torres y los techos de sus casas, que son de oro y plata macizos.

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2. (figurative) leadership

Derived terms

• bicúpula
• cúpula acebollada
• Cúpula de la Roca
• cúpula gallonada
• semicúpula

 

Further reading

• “cúpula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10