Synonyms for cupola


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kyoo-puh-luh
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkyu pə lə


Définition of cupola

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Italian cupola, from Late Latin cupula "a little tub," diminutive of Latin cupa "cask, barrel" (see cup (n.)).
  • noun dome
Example sentences :
  • From this cupola thousands of icicles of the most varied shapes were hanging.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • From here a steep set of steps led to the cupola on the roof.
  • Extract from : « Keziah Coffin » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • It hung by the side of the dial in the cupola of the old Town Hall.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • Its cupola is decidedly out of proportion to the small body of the structure.
  • Extract from : « Aztec Land » by Maturin M. Ballou
  • The lofty nest, or Termitarium, constitutes a hillock in the form of a cupola.
  • Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay
  • But far up in a tall old house, crowned by a cupola, was a girl who did not cry.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • First I raps on his cupola with me knuckles, just to ring him up.
  • Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford
  • There was also an ornamented cross in this cupola, and other crosses in other chambers.
  • Extract from : « Byeways in Palestine » by James Finn
  • Would to God I had set eyes on her and her only that day under the cupola!
  • Extract from : « Balthasar » by Anatole France
  • It looks well, by moonlight; how the tin of the cupola glistens!
  • Extract from : « The Pioneers » by James Fenimore Cooper

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