English-Thai Dictionary
caryatid
N รูปปั้น ผู้หญิง ที่ เสา rub-pan-pu-ying-ti-saol
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CARYATID
Car `y *at "id, n.; pl. Caryatids Etym: [See Caryatides. ]
Defn: (Arch. ) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.
CARYATIDES
Car `y *at "i *des, n. pl. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Arch )
Defn: Caryatids.
Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.
New American Oxford Dictionary
caryatid
car y at id |ˌkarēˈatid, ˈkarēəˌtid ˌkɛriˈædəd | ▶noun ( pl. caryatids or caryatides |ˌkarēˈatəˌdēz | ) Architecture a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae, ’ from Karuai (Caryae ) in Laconia.
Oxford Dictionary
caryatid
caryatid |ˌkarɪˈatɪd | ▶noun ( pl. caryatides |-diːz | or caryatids ) Architecture a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae ’, from Karuai (Caryae ) in Laconia.
French Dictionary
caryatide
caryatide ou cariatide n. f. nom féminin Figure de femme soutenant une corniche sur sa tête. : Les caryatides d ’un temple grec. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: • atlante, colonne sculptée en forme d ’homme soutenant un entablement; • colonne, pilier circulaire soutenant les parties supérieures d ’un édifice; • pilastre, pilier carré dans une construction; • pilier, massif de maçonnerie rond ou carré soutenant une construction.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
caryatid
car y at id /kæ̀riǽtəd /名詞 複 ～s, ～es /-diːz /C 〘建 〙(ギリシャ建築の着衣の )女像柱 .
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