caryatid

Meaning of caryatid

noun

a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.

mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.

Information about caryatid

It is a name.
The plural form of caryatid is: caryatids.
Languages in which caryatid is used:
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Hyphenation of caryatid

cary-atid

It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
caryatid is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Translation of caryatid

French: cariatide, cariatyde
Italian: cariatide
Portuguese: cariátide
Spanish: cariátide

Words that rhyme with caryatid

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