cupola

CEFRB2

/ˈkjuːpələ/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small rounded roof or dome on top of a building.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.

Examples

  • Dutch barns, for instance, had gable roofs — and often a cupola for ventilation.

  • This is Africa's Sahara Desert, as seen from the International Space Station's new seven-windowed cupola.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkjupəloʊ/
  • /ˈkupələ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.

  2. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.

  3. A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.

More examples

In context

  • the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule

  • the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.

  • The stations on the City & South London were small but pretty, with cupolas to accommodate the winding gear of the small and claustrophobic hydraulic lifts.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The old church's blank was visible above the surrounding rooftops from miles away.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over. Doublet of cupula.