Home › Words › D › dipterosdipterosdipteros means A building with double peristyle or colonnade.EtymologyFrom Ancient Greek δίπτερος (dípteros).nounA building with double peristyle or colonnade.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.dipteral 70% match — Having two wings only. vs dipteros →peripteros 68% match — A type of Ancient Greek or Ancient Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns. vs dipteros →distyle 67% match — Having two columns in front; said of a temple, portico, etc. vs dipteros →peripterous 67% match — Surrounded by a single row of columns. vs dipteros →pteron 66% match — A peristyle raised on a podium, differing from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate. vs dipteros →peristylum 65% match — A peristyle. vs dipteros →pseudodipteral 65% match — Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, like a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column vs dipteros →peristyle 65% match — A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. vs dipteros →