Meaning

3 senses
  1. A belvedere, either a type of summer-house or a roofed, detached porch-like structure, usually in a yard, park or lawn.

    Pavillon, Salettl, Laube

    бесе́дкаbesédka

    альта́нкаalʹtánka, альта́наalʹtána

  2. A dismountable shelter comprising a roof or awning supported by poles, and often having removable sides; a canopy tent

  3. (Ireland, derogatory)A gaudy, incongruous, or flimsy structure or object

More definitions
  • a small roofed building affording shade and rest

Examples

31 sentences
  1. There's a gazebo in the garden.

    ruВ саду есть беседка.

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  2. He ran back to the gazebo.

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  3. Sami had a gazebo in his backyard.

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  4. Sami built a gazebo in his backyard.

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  5. We have a gazebo in the backyard.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
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Русский
By meaning 1
roofed structure:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
roofed structure:

Origin

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will

Possibly from gaze + Latin future indicative conjugation-ending -bō, as in vidēbō (“I will see”), comparable perhaps to lavabo from Latin lavābō (“I will wash”); alternatively from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba, “fort, casbah”), itself possibly refashioned after the former.

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Forms

plural: gazebos / gazeboes
Singulargazebo
Pluralgazebos / gazeboes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a small roofed building affording shade and rest:summerhouse

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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