campanile
A bell tower, often associated with a church or other public building, especially in ItalyA bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.
Meaning
1 sensesA bell tower (especially one that is freestanding), often associated with a church or other public building, especially in Italy.
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is a campanile.
колоко́льняkolokólʹnja
a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
Borrowed from Italian campanile (“bell tower, belfry”), from campana (“bell”) + -ile (suffBorrowed from Italian campanile (“bell tower, belfry”), from campana (“bell”) + -ile (suffix forming nouns indicating locations that host animals or objects). Campana is derived from Late Latin and Medieval Latin campāna (“large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples; tower for such a bell, belfry, campanile”), and then either:
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Forms
plural: campaniles / campanili| Singular | campanile |
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| Plural | campaniles / campanili |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonyms- a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building:belfry
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular