peristil

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin peristȳlum, from Ancient Greek περίστῡλον (perístūlon, “columned inner courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pə.ɾisˈtil]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pe.ɾisˈtil]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

peristil m (plural peristils)

1. (architecture) peristyle

Further reading

• “peristil”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025

Haitian Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French péristyle, from Latin peristȳlum, from Ancient Greek περίστῡλον (perístūlon, “columned inner courtyard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /meɣistil/

Noun

peristil

1. (voodoo) The main room of an hounfour.

References

• Targète, Jean and Urciolo, Raphael G. Haitian Creole-English dictionary (1993; →ISBN)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French péristyle.

Noun

peristil n (plural peristiluri)

1. peristyle

Declension

Declension of peristil

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	peristil	peristilul		peristiluri	peristilurile
genitive-dative	peristil	peristilului		peristiluri	peristilurilor
vocative	peristilule			peristilurilor