how to pronounce colonnade

/ˌkɒl.əˈnɛɪd/

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colonnade is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of colonnade in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in the valley gardens the colonnade and …”

meanings of colonnade

noun:

A regular row of anything, such as trees.
A peristyle.
A portico or stoa.
A series of columns at regular intervals.

colonnade frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word colonnade occurs in english on average 1.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.