Etymology
From French palais which comes from Latin palatium in reference to the Palatine Hill, one of the seven hills of Rome, where large beautiful residences were built by Rome's aristocracy.
Noun
palace
- a large residence where aristrocrats usually live.
Related terms
Translations
- Catalan: palau m
- Hindi: mahal
- Chinese: 宮殿 , 宫殿 (gongdian)
- Dutch: paleis
- French: palais m
- German: Palast m
- Greek: παλάτι (palati)
- Indonesian: istana
- Interlingua: palatio
- Italian: palazzo m
- Japanese: 宮殿 (きゅうでん , kyūden)
- Korean: 궁전 [宮殿] (gungjeon)
- Neapolitan: palàzzo
- Portuguese: palácio m
- Russian: дворец m (dvorets)
- Spanish: palacio m
- Swedish: palats n
- Volapük: ledom , regadom
- Danish: palads n
