vitral

Portuguese

Vitral

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrail (“stained glass”), from vitre. Piecewise doublet of vidral.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾaw/ [viˈtɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾal/ [viˈtɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾal/ [viˈtɾaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈtɾal/ [biˈtɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /viˈtɾa.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
• Hyphenation: vi‧tral

Noun

vitral m (plural vitrais)

1. (art) stained glass
2. (architecture, by extension) stained glass window

Synonyms

• vidral

Derived terms

• vitralismo
• vitralista

Related terms

• vidro
• vidraça

See also

• rosácea

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrail.

Noun

vitral m (plural vitrales)

1. stained glass

Related terms

• vidriera

 

Further reading

• “vitral”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014