pediment

1. 1.

   a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof

   Broadergable

Other forms of pediment

plural

pediments·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pediment

What does pediment mean?

pediment means "a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof".

How many syllables are in pediment?

pediment has 3 syllables and divides as pe-di-ment under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.