colonnade

[kol-uh-neyd]

noun

1. Architecture.,  a series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof.

2. a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.

colonnade

/ ˌkɒləˈneɪd /

noun

1. a set of evenly-spaced columns

2. a row of regularly spaced trees

Other Word Forms

• colonnaded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of colonnade¹

1710–20; < French, equivalent to colonne column + -ade -ade ¹, on the model of Italian colonnato

Word History and Origins

Origin of colonnade¹

C18: from French, from colonne _column ; on the model of Italian colonnato, from colonna column

Example Sentences

“Big, big, big, big, big,” said Cassiopeia, counting the row of massive fluted columns that lined the colonnade.

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After breakfast in bed with a stack of newspapers, he dressed in one of his hand-tailored suits and walked with his four-year-old daughter, Caroline, down the outdoor colonnade to the West Wing.

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Thomas Jefferson’s addition of the east and west colonnades “faced immediate criticism for their cost and perceived extravagance,” he writes.

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He unveiled a "Presidential Walk of Fame" along the West Wing colonnade in September, displaying gold-framed portraits of himself and the 44 other presidents along the white exterior wall.

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Among those in the audience were staff from Turning Point USA and the Charlie Kirk Show, and some people took photos with the newly decorated White House colonnade in the background.

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