caryatide

kaʁjatid

Definition

Definition of caryatide - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

architecture

TECH.

statue de femme qui remplace une colonne pour soutenir un bâtiment

TECH.

Les caryatides du temple grec portent le toit sur leur tête.

statue-colonne

ordre

TECH.

style architectural utilisant des statues féminines comme colonnes

TECH.

L'architecte a choisi l'ordre à caryatides pour décorer la façade.

danse spartiate

Dated

danse antique de Sparte en honneur de la déesse Diane

Dated

Les jeunes filles exécutaient la caryatide lors des fêtes religieuses.

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statue de femme qui remplace une colonne pour soutenir un bâtiment
style architectural utilisant des statues féminines comme colonnes

Origin of caryatide

grec, karyatides (femmes de Karyai)

Examples of caryatide in a sentence

Les architectes ont restauré les caryatides endommagées du bâtiment.
Le musée expose une caryatide du temple grec.
Chaque caryatide soutient élégamment l'entablement du portique.
La caryatide était enseignée aux jeunes filles nobles.
On admire la caryatide dans les représentations historiques.

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English:caryatid, caryatid order, ...
German:Karyatide, Karyatidenordnung, ...
Italian:cariatide, danza delle cariatidi, ...
Spanish:cariatide, cariatíde, ...
Portuguese:cariátide, ordem das cariátides, ...
Chinese:女像柱, 女像支柱, ...
Japanese:カリアティード, カリュアティデ舞踊, ...
Arabic:كارياتيد, عمود نسائي, ...
Hebrew:קַרְיָאטִידָה, קַרְיָאטִיד, ...
Russian:кариатида, ордер с кариатидами, ...
Ukrainian:каріатида, ордер з каріатидами, ...
Catalan:cariatide, dansa de les cariatides, ...
Danish:karyatide, karyatideorden, ...
Dutch:kariatide, caryatide, ...
Greek:Καρυάτιδα, καρυάτιδα, ...
Khmer:ការីយ៉ាទីដ, ការីយ៉ាទីត, ...
Korean:여인상 기둥, 카리아티드 양식, ...
Polish:kariatydy, kolumny kariatydowe, ...
Portuguese (BR):cariátide, estátua de mulher como coluna, ...
Romanian:cariatidă, statuetă de coloană, ...
Swedish:karyatid, karyatidordning, ...
Thai:คาริอาทิด, เสารูปหญิง, ...
Turkish:karyatid, kadın figürlü sütun, ...
Vietnamese:tượng nữ nâng đỡ, cột nữ thần, ...

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Definition of caryatide - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, feminine

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