HOW TO PRONOUNCE
pergola
/ˈpɜɹɡələ/
Press play to hear how to pronounce pergola.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:13
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
What does pergola mean?
noun
- A framework in the form of a passageway of columns that supports a trelliswork roof; used to support and train climbing plants.
- Such a framework employed to provide shade, especially over a patio.
proper noun
- A surname from Italian.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˈpɜɹɡələ/
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
See this word in context.
The sunk-garden was surrounded on three sides by a pergola, heavily draped with yellow alamandas, drifts of wine-coloured bougainvillaa, and pale-blue solanums, the size of saucers.
The white-flowered Jasmine of our gardens is a very beautiful and desirable clambering shrub, either for wall covering, for planting by tree stumps, rooteries, or rockeries, or for screening and draping the pergola or garden latticework.