palazzo
A large, palatial urban building in ItalyA large, palatial urban building in Italy.
» The Palazzo Vecchio is Florence's city hall.
Der Palazzo Vecchio ist das Rathaus von Florenz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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1 sensesA large, palatial urban building in Italy.
Examples
3 sentencesThe Palazzo Vecchio is Florence's city hall.
deDer Palazzo Vecchio ist das Rathaus von Florenz. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Frescoes decorate the walls of this Tuscan palazzo.
Tom and Mary stayed at a palazzo hotel in Rome.
Origin
Borrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from PalātBorrowed from Italian palazzo, from Latin palātium (“palace, large residence”), from Palātium (“Palatine”), one of the seven hills of Rome, where aristocrats built large homes. Doublet of palace and Pfalz.
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Forms
plural: palazzos / palazziWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.