dragon gate
English
noun
Definitions
- (Hong Kong) An architectural design feature to allow for concordance with the philosophy of feng shui, a portal that allows dragons to flow through structures, by leaving an empty hole through a building.
Etymology
Compound from English dragon + English gate (way, passageway in an airport for embarking passengers, path, road)derived from Cantonese 龍門.
Origin
Cantonese
龍門
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- 'Gater English
- Ambergate English
- Gategate English
- Newgate English
- Southgate English
- Stargateverse English
- algate English
- backgate English
- degate English
- dragon English
- dragonbone English
- dragonborn English
- dragonesque English
- dragoness English
- dragonet English
- dragonette English
- dragonfish English
- dragonfly English
- dragonhead English
- dragonhide English
- dragonise English
- dragonish English
- dragonism English
- dragonize English
- dragonkin English
- dragonkind English
- dragonking English
- dragonless English
- dragonlike English
- dragonling English
- dragonlord English
- dragonlore English
- dragonology English
- dragonroot English
- dragonskin English
- dragonslayer English
- dragonsome English
- dragonwort English
- e-gate English
- endgate English
- faregate English
- farmgate English
- firedragon English
- floodgate English
- fluxgate English
- foregate English
- gate English
- gate rape English
- gate-happy English
- gateable English
- gatecrash English
- gatefold English
- gatehouse English
- gatekeep English
- gatekeeper English
- gateleg English
- gateless English
- gatelike English
- gateline English
- gateman English
- gatepier English
- gatepost English
- gateway English
- gatewise English
- gatewoman English
- headgate English
- hell gate English
- highgate English
- ingate English
- jumpgate English
- liftgate English
- lych-gate English
- matchgate English
- midgate English
- moongate English
- multigate English
- outgate English
- photogate English
- pseudodragon English
- qugate English
- screwgate English
- snapdragon English
- stairgate English
- stargate English
- tailgate English
- tollgate English
- trigate English
- twindragon English
- wastegate English
- watergate English
- waygate English
- wombgate English
- Gate German
- gate Dutch, Flemish
- gate Portuguese
- *gatą Proto-Germanic
- ゲート Japanese
- ドラゴン Japanese
- dragoun Middle English
- gate Middle English
- గేటు Telugu
- ဂိတ် Burmese
- ဂိတ်ဆုံး Burmese
- dragoni Swahili
- geti Swahili
- 게이트 Korean
- tūrāikōn Marshallese
- டிராகன் Tamil
- ligeyithi Swati
- gate Mauritian Creole
- 龍門 Cantonese
- geet Fiji Hindi
- gate
- degate
- dragon
- ingate
- e-gate
- 'Gater
- algate
- qugate
- waygate
- gateman
- gateleg
- outgate
- midgate
- gateway
- trigate
- endgate
- Newgate
- tailgate
- Gategate
- dragonet
- faregate
- backgate
- gatefold
- moongate
- liftgate
- gateless
- fluxgate
- highgate
- headgate
- wombgate
- gatepier
- gatewise
- tollgate
- farmgate
- gatepost
- stargate
- gatekeep
- gateline
- gateable
- jumpgate
- gatelike
- foregate
- dragonfly
- dragonism
- dragonkin
- screwgate
- multigate
- wastegate
- photogate
- matchgate
- dragonise
- lych-gate
- dragoness
- Southgate
- gatehouse
- gate rape
- gatewoman
- dragonize
- stairgate
- floodgate
- Ambergate
- gatecrash
- hell gate
- dragonish
- watergate
- dragonless
- twindragon
- dragonling
- dragonking
- dragonborn
- dragonfish
- dragonwort
- dragonlike
- snapdragon
- dragonlore
- gate-happy
- dragonlord
- dragonskin
- dragonkind
- dragonroot
- dragonhead
- dragonette
- firedragon
- dragonsome
- dragonbone
- dragonhide
- gatekeeper
- dragonesque
- dragonology
- pseudodragon
- dragonslayer
- Stargateverse