Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
abóbada de meia-cana
English translation:
half-round dome
Added to glossary by
Tania Pires
Feb 18, 2022 07:46
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Portuguese term
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abóbada de meia-cana
Portuguese to English
Art/Literary
Architecture
Church
'A capela-mor encontra-se coberta por uma abóbada de meia-cana'
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Proposed translations
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| 3 +3 | half round vault/barrel vault |
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half round vault/barrel vault
"our Half Round skylight with a 50% rise. The model HRCM is similar to our Barrel Vault and is designed to be installed on an existing curb and a flat roof. "
https://www.americanskylights.com/roof-systems/half-round-cu...
"A barrel vault is the simplest form of a vault and resembles a barrel or tunnel cut lengthwise in half. The effect is that of a structure composed of continuous semicircular or pointed sections.[3]
The earliest known examples of barrel vaults were built by the Sumerians, possibly under the ziggurat at Nippur in Babylonia,[4] which was built of fired bricks cemented with clay mortar.[5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_(architecture)
"TYPES OF VAULT
1.Barrel vault, tunnel vault, wagon vault, cradle vault"
https://the-mind-of-architecture.blogspot.com/2016/03/archit...
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-02-18 09:16:52 GMT)
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half round dome.
For further reading :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medieval_Arabic_and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_architecture#Mooris...
https://www.americanskylights.com/roof-systems/half-round-cu...
"A barrel vault is the simplest form of a vault and resembles a barrel or tunnel cut lengthwise in half. The effect is that of a structure composed of continuous semicircular or pointed sections.[3]
The earliest known examples of barrel vaults were built by the Sumerians, possibly under the ziggurat at Nippur in Babylonia,[4] which was built of fired bricks cemented with clay mortar.[5]"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vault_(architecture)
"TYPES OF VAULT
1.Barrel vault, tunnel vault, wagon vault, cradle vault"
https://the-mind-of-architecture.blogspot.com/2016/03/archit...
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Note added at 1 hr (2022-02-18 09:16:52 GMT)
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half round dome.
For further reading :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_medieval_Arabic_and...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_architecture#Mooris...
Note from asker:
| Thanks! I have a 'half-round dome' in my translation (abóbada is usually translated as dome). This is Medieval Portuguese architecture, by the way. |
| Thanks! |
Peer comment(s):
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Simone Taylor
: Depending on the context also dome or roof, there are different kinds of vaults.
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Nick Taylor
: Barrel vault
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Antônio Souza
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