pronaos

English

Temple diagram with location of the pronaos highlighted

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόναος (prónaos, “vestibule of a church”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈneɪ.ɒs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈneɪ.əs/

Noun

pronaos (plural pronaoi or pronaoses)

1. (architecture) The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple

Related terms

• naos

Translations

the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple

• Catalan: prónaos m
• Dutch: pronaos m
• Finnish: pronaos
• French: pronaos (fr) m
• German: Pronaos m
• Greek: πρόναος (el) m (prónaos)
• Italian: pronao (it) m, prodromo (it) m
• Polish: pronaos (pl) m
• Portuguese: pronaos m, pronau m
• Russian: прона́ос (ru) m (pronáos)
• Spanish: pronaos (es) m, pródomo m
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} pronaos
• Ukrainian: ^{(please verify)} пронаос (pronaos)

Anagrams

• Proanos, Soprano, soprano

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πρόναος (prónaos).

Noun

pronaos m (plural pronaoi)

1. (architecture) pronaos

Further reading

• pronaos on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• pronau

Noun

pronaos m (invariable)

1. (architecture) pronaos (the inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόναος (prónaos).

Noun

pronaos n (plural pronaosuri)

1. narthex

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	pronaos	pronaosul		pronaosuri	pronaosurile
genitive-dative	pronaos	pronaosului		pronaosuri	pronaosurilor
vocative	pronaosule			pronaosurilor

Spanish

Noun

pronaos m (uncountable)

1. pronaos

Further reading

• “pronaos”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28