"lintel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪn.təl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lintel.wav Forms: lintels [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪntəl Etymology: From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|lyntel}} Middle English lyntel, {{der|en|fro|lintel}} Old French lintel, {{suf|en|limit|-el}} limit + -el Head templates: {{en-noun}} lintel (plural lintels)
  1. (architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above. Categories (topical): Architectural elements Synonyms: overslay, superliminary, header Coordinate_terms: jamb, sill Translations (horizontal structural beam): ὑπερθύριον (huperthúrion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), φλιᾶς (phliâs) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), gourin [masculine] (Breton), трегер (treger) [masculine] (Bulgarian), llinda [feminine] (Catalan), 過梁 (guòliáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 橫楣子 (Chinese Mandarin), 横楣子 (héngméizi) (Chinese Mandarin), 闌頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 阑头 (lántóu) (Chinese Mandarin), 門斗 (méndǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 門楣 (Chinese Mandarin), 门楣 (ménméi) (Chinese Mandarin), překlad [masculine] (Czech), latei [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), lintelo (Esperanto), sillus (Estonian), kamana (Finnish), linteau [masculine] (French), lumieira [feminine] (Galician), lintel [feminine] (Galician), Sturz [masculine] (German), Oberschwelle [masculine] (German), υπέρθυρο (ypérthyro) [neuter] (Greek), ανώφλι (anófli) [neuter] (Greek), πρέκι (préki) [neuter] (Greek), szemöldökfa (Hungarian), dyratré (english: over a door) [neuter] (Icelandic), ofdyri [neuter] (Icelandic), fardoras [masculine] (Irish), piattabanda [feminine] (Italian), 鴨居 (kamoi) (Japanese), маңдайша (mañdaişa) (Kazakh), taupoki (Maori), kōrupe (Maori), kārupe (Maori), dekkstein [masculine] (Norwegian), dekning [feminine] (Norwegian), overdekning [feminine] (Norwegian), overligger over [masculine] (Norwegian), vindusbjelke [masculine] (Norwegian), nadproże [neuter] (Polish), lintel [masculine] (Portuguese), buiandrug [masculine] (Romanian), lintou [neuter] (Romanian), при́толока (prítoloka) [feminine] (Russian), greda (Serbo-Croatian), nadvratnik (Serbo-Croatian), lintel [masculine] (Spanish), dintel [masculine] (Spanish), dörrbalk [common-gender] (Swedish), fönsterbalk [common-gender] (Swedish), överstycke [neuter] (Swedish), dörrträ [neuter] (Swedish), lento (Turkish), capan [masculine] (Welsh), lintel [masculine] (Welsh), gwarddrws (english: over a door) [masculine] (Welsh)

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}
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    }
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      "word": "sill"
    }
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Estonian translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Kazakh translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:",
          "text": "Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.",
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        "(architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above."
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      "word": "overslay"
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      "word": "header"
    }
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gourin"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "treger",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "трегер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llinda"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "guòliáng",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "過梁"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "橫楣子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "héngméizi",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "横楣子"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "闌頭"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lántóu",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "阑头"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méndǒu",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "門斗"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "門楣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ménméi",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "门楣"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "překlad"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "latei"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "lintelo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "sillus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "kamana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "linteau"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lumieira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lintel"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Sturz"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Oberschwelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypérthyro",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "υπέρθυρο"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anófli",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ανώφλι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "préki",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πρέκι"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "huperthúrion",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ὑπερθύριον"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phliâs",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φλιᾶς"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "szemöldökfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "english": "over a door",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dyratré"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ofdyri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fardoras"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "piattabanda"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kamoi",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "鴨居"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "mañdaişa",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "маңдайша"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "taupoki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "kōrupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "kārupe"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dekkstein"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dekning"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "overdekning"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "overligger over"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vindusbjelke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nadproże"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lintel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "buiandrug"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lintou"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prítoloka",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "при́толока"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "greda"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "nadvratnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lintel"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dintel"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "dörrbalk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fönsterbalk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "överstycke"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dörrträ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "word": "lento"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capan"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lintel"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "english": "over a door",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "horizontal structural beam",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gwarddrws"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lintel"
}

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