cupola

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈkjuːpələ/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈkupələ/ (US, dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈkjupəloʊ/ (see cupalo) === Noun === cupola (plural cupolas or cupolae) (architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. (military, railroad) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle. (geology) An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith. (geometry) 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. A type of furnace used for smelting. (anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup. the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule (railways, Canada, dated) a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window. A body of members of the Sicilian Mafia who make decisions and settle disputes. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== cupola on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === References === === Anagrams === copula, coupla, pocula == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin cupula. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈku.po.la/ Rhymes: -upola Hyphenation: cù‧po‧la === Noun === cupola f (plural cupole) (architecture) dome, vault cupola ==== Derived terms ==== cupoletta ==== Descendants ==== === Further reading === cupola in Collins Italian-English Dictionary cupola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === copula