WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
col•on•nade /ˌkɑləˈneɪd/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- Architecturea series of regularly spaced columns holding up arches.
- a row of trees, as on each side of a road.
col•on•nade
(kol′ə nād′),USA pronunciation n.
col′on•nad′ed, adj.
- Architecturea series of regularly spaced columns supporting an entablature and usually one side of a roof. Cf. arcade.
- a series of trees planted in a long row, as on each side of a driveway or road.
- French, equivalent. to colonne column + -ade -ade1, on the model of Italian colonnato
- 1710–20