cupola

n.

1. Architecture.
   1. A vaulted roof or ceiling.
   2. A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.
   3. A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.
2. A cylindrical shaft type of blast furnace used for remelting metals, usually iron, before casting.
3. A small rounded and domed structure, as for observation, on a tracked, armored vehicle.

[Italian, from Late Latin cūpula, diminutive of Latin cūpa, tub.]

cupolaed cu'po·laed (-ləd) adj.

[ܒkyōōpǝlǝ]

ˈkyōōpǝlǝ n. a gun turret; a small domed hatch above a gun turret on some tanks.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

1. A domed roof or ceiling.
2. A domed structure, often set on a circular or polygonal base on a roof or set on pillars; often glazed to provide light in the space below, or louvered to provide ventilation in that space.

cupola

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(kyooh-puh-luh)

A small ornamental structure rising from a roof. Cupolas are often dome shaped.

Pl. cupulae [L.] a small, inverted cup or dome-shaped cap over a structure.

• diaphragmatic c. — the ventral dome of the diaphragm.
• pleural c. — the apex of each pleural sac lying at the cranial aperture of the thorax.

The tank commander's hatch.

IN BRIEF: n. - A roof in the form of a dome; A vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.

Tutor's tip: A "cupola" is a domed structure or roof, a "cupula" is a part shaped like a cup, while a "cupule" is a concave bodily structure, usually in trees.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - kuppel, kanontårn

Nederlands (Dutch)
koepel, geschuttoren

Français (French)
n. - (Archit) coupole, lanternon, (Naut) coupole, (Ind) cubilot

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kuppel

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) θολίσκος, (μικρός) θόλος, τρούλος, πυργίσκος, (καθομ.) υψικάμινος

Italiano (Italian)
cupola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cúpula (f)

Русский (Russian)
купол

Español (Spanish)
n. - cúpula, cubilote, cupulino

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kupol, lanternin, kupolugn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
圆屋顶, 圆顶的塔, 圆顶篷

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 圓屋頂, 圓頂的塔, 圓頂篷

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 둥근 지붕, 둥근 지붕모양의 것

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 円蓋, 半球状の屋根, ドーム

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قبه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮כיפת-גג‬

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