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Pronunciation / Transliteration: Telamon
"Der Architekt verwendete Telamone anstelle von einfachen Säulen."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A figure of a man used as a column or support for a building or entablature, also known as an atlas.
"The grand neoclassical façade featured intricately carved telamons supporting the heavy stone balcony."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek name Telamon (Τελαμών), a mythological hero and father of Ajax. In architecture, it entered modern European languages via Latin to describe a male figure used as a supporting architectural pillar, analogous to the female caryatid.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Telamon" is said worldwide
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télamon
Transliteration: télamon
"Les façades de ce palais sont ornées de télamons sculptés."
Telamon
Transliteration: Telamon
"Der Architekt verwendete Telamone anstelle von einfachen Säulen."
telamone
Transliteration: telamone
"Il portale è sostenuto da due robusti telamoni in marmo."
telamón
Transliteration: telamón
"Los telamones sostienen el entablamiento del edificio clásico."
telamão
Transliteration: telamão
"A fachada exibe figuras de telamões esculpidas em pedra."
तेलामोन
Transliteration: telamon
"वास्तुकला में तेलामोन पुरुष आकृति का एक स्तंभ होता है।"
男像柱
Transliteration: nán xiàng zhù
"这座古建筑的门廊由精美的男像柱支撑。"
남성상 기둥
Transliteration: namseong-sang gidung
"건물의 파사드에는 남성상 기둥이 조각되어 있다."
テラモン
Transliteration: teramon
"その建物のファサードにはテラモン像が彫刻されている。"
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