pulvino

English

Etymology

Italian pulvino

Noun

pulvino (plural pulvinos)

  1. (architecture) A dosseret shaped like an inverted pyramid, placed between the column capital and the arch base.
  2. (engineering) A structural element serving to distribute a load from a superimposed structure with higher mechanical resistance to a lower structure with lower resistance.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin pulvīnus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pulˈvi.no/
  • Rhymes: -ino
  • Hyphenation: pul‧vì‧no

Noun

pulvino m (plural pulvini)

  1. (architecture) dosseret

Further reading

  • pulvino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Noun

pulvīnō

  1. dative/ablative singular of pulvīnus
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