campanile
pronunciation
How to pronounce campanile in British English:
UK [ˌkæmpəˈni:li]
How to pronounce campanile in American English:
US [ˌkæmpə'nilɪ]
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- 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 .