baldachin

See also: Baldachin

English

Noun

baldachin (plural baldachins)

1. Alternative spelling of baldacchin
   • 1903, John Leslie Garner, Lucretia Borgia‎^[1], translation of original by Ferdinand Gregorovius:

     She rode beneath a purple baldachin, which the doctors of Ferrara--that is, the members of the faculties of law, medicine, and mathematics--supported in turn.

   • 1908, Major W. E Frye, After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819‎^[2]:

     The bronze that formerly ornamented this temple was made use of to fabricate the baldachin of St Peter's.

   • 1928, J. K. Huysmans, La-bas‎^[3]:

     People will spend thirty thousand francs on an altar baldachin, and ruin themselves for music, and they have to have gas in their churches, and Lord knows what all besides, but when you mention bells they shrug their shoulders.

Derived terms

• baldachined

 

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French baldaquin.

Noun

baldachin n (plural baldachine)

1. baldaquin

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	baldachin	baldachinul		baldachine	baldachinele
genitive-dative	baldachin	baldachinului		baldachine	baldachinelor
vocative	baldachinule			baldachinelor

Venetan

Noun

baldachin m (plural baldachini)

1. contraption, gadget
2. canopy