arcade

1. 1. A series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars, either freestanding or attached to a wall to form a gallery.
   2. A series of arches employed for decorative purposes.
2. A roofed passageway or lane, especially one with shops on one or both sides.
3. A commercial establishment featuring rows of coin-operated games.

To provide with or form into an arcade: closed off and arcaded the narrow street.

[French, from Italian arcata, from arco, arch, from Latin arcus.]

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1. A line of counterthrusting arches raised on columns or piers. Also see blind arcade, coupled arcade, interlacing arcade, intersecting arcade, surface arcade, wall arcade.
2. A covered walk with a line of such arches along one or both long sides.
3. A covered walk with shops and offices along one side, and a line of such arches on the other. Also see stoa.
4. A covered walk, lit from the top, lined with shops or offices on one or more levels.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - arkade, overdækket butiksgade
v. tr. - bue, overdække

Nederlands (Dutch)
(winkel)galerij, bogengang

Français (French)
n. - arcade, galerie, arche, passage, galerie marchande, (GB) galerie de jeux/d'attractions
v. tr. - installer une arcade, former une arcade

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bogengang, Arkaden
v. - mit Arkaden versehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - στοά (με μαγαζιά), (αρχιτ.) αψίδωση, κιονοστοιχία

Italiano (Italian)
portico, arcata

idioms:

• amusement arcade    galleria dei divertimenti
• shopping arcade    galleria commerciale, galleria

Português (Portuguese)
n. - arcada (f) (Arquit.), colunata (f) (Arquit.), passeio (m) coberto (Arquit.)

idioms:

• amusement arcade    centro (m) de diversões coberto
• shopping arcade    centro (m) de compras coberto

Русский (Russian)
галерея, сводчатая ниша

idioms:

• amusement arcade    зал с игральными автоматами
• shopping arcade    пассаж

Español (Spanish)
n. - arcada, arquería, soportales, arco
v. tr. - disponer o soportar algo en forma de arcada

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - arkad, passage

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拱廊, 长廊商场, 骑楼, 使有拱廊, 使成拱廊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 拱廊, 長廊商場, 騎樓
v. tr. - 使有拱廊, 使成拱廊

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 아케이트 , 아치
v. tr. - ~애 아케이트를 설치하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - アーケード, 拱廊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مبنى أو رواق مقتنطر, ممر مقنطر, عقد أو صف قناطر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מקמרת, מעבר מקומר, מקשת, כל מעבר מקורה, במיוחד עם חנויות לאורכו‬
v. tr. - ‮הקים מעבר מקורה או מקמרת‬

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