abacus

nl-noun

abacus m (plural abaci or abacussen, diminutive abacusje n)

abaci (plural)
abacussen (plural)
abacusje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax), possibly from a Semitic source; compare Hebrew אָבָק (avák, “dust”).

(architecture) abacus (upper portion of a column's capital)


arcade

arcade f (plural arcaden or arcades, diminutive arcadetje n)

arcaden (plural)
arcades (plural)
arcadetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: arkade


basilica

basilica f (plural basilica's, diminutive basilicaatje n)

basilica's (plural)
basilicaatje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).


patio

patio m (plural patio's, diminutive patiootje n)

patio's (plural)
patiootje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from Spanish patio, possibly via English or French patio. Doublet of pact and pacht.


console

(architecture) a projection from a wall supporting a superincumbent weight


pier

pier m (plural pieren, diminutive piertje n)

pieren (plural)
piertje (diminutive neuter)

→ Papiamentu: pir


schip

schip n (plural schepen, diminutive scheepje n)

schepen (plural)
scheepje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: skip
→ Northern Ndebele: isikepe
→ Shona: chikepe
→ Sotho: sekepe
→ Tsonga: xikepe
→ Xhosa: isikhephe
→ Zulu: isikebhe

Negerhollands: skip, skep

→? Sranan Tongo: sipi

→ Caribbean Javanese: sipi

From Middle Dutch schip, from Old Dutch skip, from Proto-West Germanic *skip.
Cognates
Cognate with Low German Schipp, West Frisian skip, German Schiff, Yiddish שיף (shif), English ship, Danish skib, Swedish skepp. Related also to Lithuanian skiẽbti (“to rip up”), Latvian to cut, lop.

De imposante kathedraal had een prachtig versierd schip met hoge gewelven.

The impressive cathedral had a beautifully decorated nave with high vaults.

De middeleeuwse kerk had een eenvoudig, maar indrukwekkend schip met een gotische stijl.

The medieval church had a simple yet impressive nave with a Gothic style.

(architecture) nave (the middle or body of a standard medieval church or cathedral, extending from the transepts to the principal entrances)


naald

nl-noun

naald f (plural naalden, diminutive naaldje n)

naalden (plural)
naaldje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: naald
→ Xhosa: inaliti
→ Zulu: inalithi
Fanagalo: nalit

Berbice Creole Dutch: nali

Negerhollands: naël, naeld

Skepi Creole Dutch: nalde

From Middle Dutch naelde, from Old Dutch nālda, from a metathesis of earlier *nādla, from Proto-West Germanic *nāþlu, from Proto-Germanic *nēþlō.
Compare the Old High German alternative form nālda, whence Luxembourgish Nol. Also cognate with German Nadel, English needle.

(architecture) an obelisk or column (monument, memorial)


cel

nl-noun

cel f (plural cellen, diminutive celletje n)

cellen (plural)
celletje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: sel

→ Indonesian: sel

→ Papiamentu: sèl

From Middle Dutch celle, from Latin cella.

(architecture) a small room, such as a prison or cloister cell


koor

koor n (plural koren, diminutive koortje n)

koren (plural)
koortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koor

desc

→ Indonesian: kor (“choir, vocal ensemble”)

→ Papiamentu: kor, koor

From Middle Dutch côor, from Latin chorus.

(architecture) choir, part of a church building


venster

nl-noun

venster n (plural vensters, diminutive venstertje n)

vensters (plural)
venstertje (diminutive neuter)

desctree

Afrikaans: venster
→ Fanagalo: festel
→ Sotho: fenstere
→ Xhosa: ifestile
→ Zulu: ifasitela

Berbice Creole Dutch: fensre

Jersey Dutch: väänster, fäängster

Negerhollands: fenter, venstu, venster

Sranan Tongo: fensre

Aukan: fensee

Saramaccan: fensë

→ Caribbean Javanese: fénsré

→ Kari'na: fensere

→ Lokono: penster

From Middle Dutch venster, venstre, veinster, from Old Dutch fenstar, from Latin fenestra. The computing sense is a loan translation of English window.


koekoek

nl-noun

koekoek m (plural koekoeken, diminutive koekoekje n)

koekoeken (plural)
koekoekje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: koekoek

From Middle Dutch coecoec, of imitative origin, perhaps influenced by Latin cuculus and/or Old French cucu (modern French coucou).

onomatopoeic

imitative


boog

nl-noun

boog m (plural bogen, diminutive boogje n)

bogen (plural)
boogje (diminutive neuter)

Negerhollands: boog

→ Dhivehi: ބޯކު (bōku)

→ Papiamentu: bog, boog

→ Sinhalese: බෝක්කුව (bōkkuwa)

From Middle Dutch bōge, from Old Dutch bogo, from Proto-West Germanic *bogō, from Proto-Germanic *bugô.


colonne

colonne f (plural colonnes, diminutive colonnetje n)

colonnes (plural)
colonnetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kolone

Borrowed from French colonne. Doublet of column and kolom.


pui

pui f (plural puien, diminutive puitje n)

puien (plural)
puitje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch poye, from Old French poie, from Latin podia, plural of podium, from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”), a diminutive of πούς (poús, “foot”). Doublet of podium.


gevel

gevel m (plural gevels, diminutive geveltje n)

gevels (plural)
geveltje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: gewel

→ Papiamentu: gevel, hevel (dated)

→ West Frisian: gevel

From Middle Dutch gevel, from Old Dutch [Term?], from Frankish *gebil, whence also Old High German gibil m (modern German Giebel) and gibilla f, meaning “gable”. Further cognates include Old Norse gafl (“gable”), Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla, “pinnacle, summit”) and Middle High German gebel (“skull”) (from Old High German gebal (“head, cranium”)), from disparate but related Proto-Germanic forms.


decompositie

→ Indonesian: dekomposisi, dékomposisi

Probably borrowed. Equivalent to de- + compositie.

(architecture, art) strucutural decomposition


viering

nl-noun

viering f (plural vieringen, diminutive vierinkje n)

vieringen (plural)
vierinkje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) cross between the nave and transepts of a church


ziggoerat

ziggoerats (plural)
zikkoerat (alternative)


klokkentoren

klokkentoren m (plural klokkentorens, diminutive klokkentorentje n)

klokkentorens (plural)
klokkentorentje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch cloctoorn. Equivalent to klok (“bell”) + -en- + toren (“tower”).

a bell tower, tower where (a) bell(s) hang(s) to be played


zaling

zaling f (plural zalingen or zalings, diminutive zalingetje n or zalinkje n)

zalingen (plural)
zalings (plural)
zalingetje (diminutive neuter)
zalinkje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Probably from zadel (“saddle”) + -ing.

(architecture) roof gutter to drain water bumping up to an eminent object


allee

allee f (plural alleeën, diminutive alleetje n)

alleeën (plural)
alleetje (diminutive neuter)

(Belgium, architecture) landing (at upper floor of a house)


basiliek

basiliek f (plural basilieken, diminutive basiliekje n)

basilieken (plural)
basiliekje (diminutive neuter)

Borrowed from French basilique, from Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ).


portaal

portaal n (plural portalen, diminutive portaaltje n)

portalen (plural)
portaaltje (diminutive neuter)


krocht

krocht f (plural krochten, diminutive krochtje n)

krochten (plural)
krochtje (diminutive neuter)
kroft (alternative obsolete)

Ultimately from Latin crypta, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of crypte, grot, and gruft.

(architecture) underground vault beneath a church, used as a chapel or a crypt


vieringtoren

vieringtoren m (plural vieringtorens, diminutive vieringtorentje n)

vieringtorens (plural)
vieringtorentje (diminutive neuter)

From viering (“crossing”) + toren (“tower”).


zuil

zuil f (plural zuilen, diminutive zuiltje n)

zuilen (plural)
zuiltje (diminutive neuter)

From Middle Dutch suul, from Old Dutch sūl, from Proto-West Germanic *sūli, from Proto-Germanic *sūliz. Cognate with English sile.


stalles

Borrowed from French stalles, plural of stalle.

(theater, architecture) the stalls in a theatre


kruisribgewelf

kruisribgewelf n (plural kruisribgewelven, diminutive kruisribgewelfje n)

kruisribgewelven (plural)
kruisribgewelfje (diminutive neuter)

From kruis (“cross”) + rib (“rib”) + gewelf (“vault”).


tongewelf

nl-noun

tongewelf n (plural tongewelven, diminutive tongewelfje n)

tongewelven (plural)
tongewelfje (diminutive neuter)


kruisgewelf

kruisgewelf n (plural kruisgewelven, diminutive kruisgewelfje n)

kruisgewelven (plural)
kruisgewelfje (diminutive neuter)

From kruis (“cross”) + gewelf (“vault”).


kloostergewelf

kloostergewelf n (plural kloostergewelven, diminutive kloostergewelfje n)

kloostergewelven (plural)
kloostergewelfje (diminutive neuter)

From klooster (“cloister", "monastery”) + gewelf (“vault”).


kolom

nl-noun

kolom f (plural kolommen, diminutive kolommetje n)

kolommen (plural)
kolommetje (diminutive neuter)

→ Indonesian: kolom

→ Papiamentu: kolòm

From Middle Dutch colomme, from Old French columne, from Latin columna (“a column, pillar, post”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”). Doublet of column and colonne.


puntdak

nl-noun

puntdak n (plural puntdaken, diminutive puntdakje n)

puntdaken (plural)
puntdakje (diminutive neuter)


uikoepel

uikoepel m (plural uikoepels, diminutive uikoepeltje n)

uikoepels (plural)
uikoepeltje (diminutive neuter)

1947, Jan de Jong, Handboek der kerkgeschiedenis: tweede deel. De middeleeuwen (692-1517), 457.
Een exotische kostbaarheid en een dikwijls halfbarbaarsche vorm- en kleurenrijkdom kenmerken den nationaal-Russischen kerkbouw : de hooge vrijstaande klokketorens geven echter overal met de drie aaneengereide absiden, de vijf vergulde uikoepels en hun hooge, in kabels rechtopgehouden kruisen, een silhouttenspel van groote schoonheid.

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steunbeer

steunbeer m (plural steunberen, diminutive steunbeertje n)

steunberen (plural)
steunbeertje (diminutive neuter)

2007, K. I. Ruige, Klei en oven: scheppen en geloven. Over de bakstenen van de middeleeuwse kerk van Hoorn (Terschelling)., 43.
Voor het verkrijgen van de oorspronkelijke toestand van de koormuur, was het noodzakelijk om de later aangebrachte verzwaringen van de oorspronkelijke steunberen te verwijderen.


zijarm

zijarm m (plural zijarmen, diminutive zijarmpje n)

zijarmen (plural)
zijarmpje (diminutive neuter)

(botany, architecture) any other branch or, for certain organisations, arm or schism; anything that branches off


tussenschot

tussenschot n (plural tussenschotten, diminutive tussenschotteke n)

tussenschotten (plural)
tussenschotteke (diminutive neuter)


kerkkoor

kerkkoor n (plural kerkkoren, diminutive kerkkoortje n)

kerkkoren (plural)
kerkkoortje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: kerkkoor

(uncommon, architecture) choir of a church


levensloopbestendig

levensloopbestendig (adverbial positive predicative)
levensloopbestendige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
levensloopbestendig (indefinite neuter positive singular)
levensloopbestendige (indefinite plural positive)
levensloopbestendige (definite positive)
levensloopbestendigs (partitive positive)

Compound of levensloop (“lifetime, lifecycle”) + bestendig (“resilient, durable, lasting”).

compound

(architecture, society) compatible with use by elderly people or easily adaptable to achieve such compatibility


klokkengevel

nl-noun

klokkengevel m (plural klokkengevels, diminutive klokkengeveltje n)

klokkengevels (plural)
klokkengeveltje (diminutive neuter)


puntgevel

puntgevel m (plural puntgevels, diminutive puntgeveltje n)

puntgevels (plural)
puntgeveltje (diminutive neuter)


achtergevel

achtergevel m (plural achtergevels, diminutive achtergeveltje n)

achtergevels (plural)
achtergeveltje (diminutive neuter)


vliesgevel

vliesgevel m (plural vliesgevels, diminutive vliesgeveltje n)

vliesgevels (plural)
vliesgeveltje (diminutive neuter)


klokgevel

klokgevel m (plural klokgevels, diminutive klokgeveltje n)

klokgevels (plural)
klokgeveltje (diminutive neuter)


graftempel

graftempel m (plural graftempels, diminutive graftempeltje n)

graftempels (plural)
graftempeltje (diminutive neuter)

Compound of graf (“grave”) + tempel (“temple”).


vleugeldeur

vleugeldeur f (plural vleugeldeuren, diminutive vleugeldeurtje n)

vleugeldeuren (plural)
vleugeldeurtje (diminutive neuter)

/ˈvløː.ɣəlˌdøːr/

(architecture) a pair of double doors without a doorpost between the two


tektoniek

Borrowed from German Tektonik. Attested since the mid nineteenth century.

(architecture) tectonics (study of structural assembly and experience)


brandmuur

brandmuur m (plural brandmuren, diminutive brandmuurtje n)

brandmuren (plural)
brandmuurtje (diminutive neuter)

Afrikaans: brandmuur

→ Sranan Tongo: brantmiri

(architecture) a fire-resistant wall containing a fireplace and chimney; often dividing a residence in a front and a back section


verstek

(architecture) a joint formed by connecting two components at segments having 45° angles relative to their length or width, the whole forming a right angle


koorhek

(architecture, Christianity) a choir screen in a church


gotiek

Borrowed from French gothique, from Latin goticus.

(architecture, art) Gothicism, the Gothic style


neoklassiek

nl-adj

neoklassiek (comparative neoklassieker, superlative neoklassiekst)

neoklassieker (comparative)
neoklassiekst (superlative)
neo-klassiek (alternative)

From neo- (“neo-”) + klassiek (“classical”).


rondboog

nl-noun

rondboog m (plural rondbogen, diminutive rondboogje n)

rondbogen (plural)
rondboogje (diminutive neuter)

(architecture) round arch, semicircular arch


trapportaal

trapportaal n (plural trapportalen, diminutive trapportaaltje n)

trapportalen (plural)
trapportaaltje (diminutive neuter)


preromaans

preromaans (adverbial positive predicative)
preromaanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
preromaans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
preromaanse (indefinite plural positive)
preromaanse (definite positive)
preromaans (partitive positive)
pre-romaans (alternative colloquial)

From pre- + romaans. Likely borrowed from a major European language.

(architecture, art, history) pre-Romanesque


romaans

romaans (adverbial positive predicative)
romaanse (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
romaans (indefinite neuter positive singular)
romaanse (indefinite plural positive)
romaanse (definite positive)
romaans (partitive positive)
Romaans (alternative dated)
romaansch (alternative obsolete)
Romaansch (alternative obsolete)


kruisbloem

kruisbloem f (plural kruisbloemen, diminutive kruisbloempje n)

kruisbloemen (plural)
kruisbloempje (diminutive neuter)

From kruis (“cross”) + bloem (“flower”).

a cross-shaped Gothic ornament or finial


architecturaal

nl-adj

architecturaal (comparative architecturaler, superlative architecturaalst)

architecturaler (comparative)
architecturaalst (superlative)
architecturaal (adverbial positive predicative)
architecturaler (adverbial comparative predicative)
het architecturaalst (adverbial predicative superlative)
het architecturaalste (adverbial predicative superlative)
architecturale (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
architecturalere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
architecturaalste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
architecturaal (indefinite neuter positive singular)
architecturaler (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
architecturaalste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
architecturale (indefinite plural positive)
architecturalere (comparative indefinite plural)
architecturaalste (indefinite plural superlative)
architecturale (definite positive)
architecturalere (comparative definite)
architecturaalste (definite superlative)
architecturaals (partitive positive)
architecturalers (comparative partitive)


architectonisch

architectonisch (comparative architectonischer, superlative meest architectonisch or architectonischt)

architectonischer (comparative)
meest architectonisch (superlative)
architectonischt (superlative)
architectonisch (adverbial positive predicative)
architectonischer (adverbial comparative predicative)
het architectonischt (adverbial predicative superlative)
het architectonischte (adverbial predicative superlative)
architectonische (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
architectonischere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
architectonischte (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
architectonisch (indefinite neuter positive singular)
architectonischer (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
architectonischte (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
architectonische (indefinite plural positive)
architectonischere (comparative indefinite plural)
architectonischte (indefinite plural superlative)
architectonische (definite positive)
architectonischere (comparative definite)
architectonischte (definite superlative)
architectonisch (partitive positive)
architectonischers (comparative partitive)

Borrowed from Latin architectonicus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονικός (arkhitektonikós).

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ἀρχιτεκτονικός