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English translation: portico


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Hungarian term or phrase:oszlopos előcsarnok
English translation:portico
Entered by: Katalin Varga-Pinter
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15:39 Mar 20, 2010
Hungarian to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Architecture
Hungarian term or phrase: oszlopos előcsarnok
A homlokzat előtt oszlopos előcsarnok található.
Katalin Varga-Pinter
Hungary
Local time: 06:31
portico
Explanation:
...is surely one solution. They generally have colonnades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portico

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-03-20 15:51:36 GMT)
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http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/portico.html
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Jim Tucker
United States
Grading comment
Köszönöm.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4portico
Jim Tucker
5colonnaded lobby, colonnaded vestibule
Peter Kiss
4 +1ld. lent
Péter Tófalvi


  

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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
portico


Explanation:
...is surely one solution. They generally have colonnades.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portico

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Note added at 11 mins (2010-03-20 15:51:36 GMT)
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http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/portico.html

Jim Tucker
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Köszönöm.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Krisztina Lelik: exactly. some more details: http://www.buffaloah.com/a/DCTNRY/c/colonn.html
31 mins

agree  Lingua.Franca
6 hrs

agree  Iosif JUHASZ
16 hrs

agree  Tradeuro Language Services
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22 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ld. lent


Explanation:
portico (tbsz. porticoes)
pronaos
régiesen: propylaeum
görög templom előtt: prostyle <- önálló oszlopok

Ezek szótári bejegyzések.

Ha bőbeszédűbb akarsz lenni, akkor
entrance-hall/lobby with pillars/colonnade


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portico
Péter Tófalvi
Hungary
Local time: 06:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian, Native in RomanianRomanian
PRO pts in category: 8

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  hollowman2
33 mins
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23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
colonnaded lobby, colonnaded vestibule


Explanation:
Az előcsarnok zárt, a portico nyitott (afféle tornác).

Peter Kiss
Hungary
Local time: 06:31
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Jim Tucker: An előcsarnok is classically open, as here: az E.... az a diszes térség, mely az utca és a kijáró ajtó között terül el http://mek.niif.hu/00000/00060/html/031/pc003130.html
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