campanile

pronunciation

How to pronounce campanile in British English: UK [ˌkæmpəˈni:li]word uk audio image

How to pronounce campanile in American English: US [ˌkæmpə'nilɪ] word us audio image

  • Noun:
    a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

Word Origin

campanile (n.)
1630s, from Italian, from campana "bell," from Late Latin campana, originally "metal vessel made in Campania," region around Naples.

Example

1. Where 's the campanile hotel ?
2. Construction began on the tower in 1173 . It 's the freestanding bell tower , or campanile , of the cathedral next door .
3. Our final strokes deliver us to burano island 's multicoloured houses with a leaning campanile that would benefit from some architectural viagra .

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