"purlin" meaning in English

See purlin in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈpɜːɹlɪn] [US] Forms: purlins [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain. Information on the etymology is scant at best. According to Websters it comes from 15th-century English. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary, it is "Middle English, perhaps of French origin". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English. Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain Head templates: {{en-noun}} purlin (plural purlins)
  1. A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof. Synonyms: purline Hyponyms (longitudinal structural member of a roof): purlin plate, principal purlin, common purlin Translations (longitudinal structural member of a roof): corretja [feminine] (Catalan), vaznice [feminine] (Czech), ås [common-gender] (Danish), kitapuu (Finnish), panne [feminine] (French), carreira [feminine] (Galician), terza [feminine] (Galician), padia [feminine] (Galician), Pfette [feminine] (German), τεγίδα (tegída) [feminine] (Greek), ʻaho (Hawaiian), taobhán [masculine] (Irish), terzera [feminine] (Italian), 도리 (dori) (Korean), kasau lintang (Malay), gulung-gulung (Malay), kaho (Maori), płatew [masculine] (Polish), correa [feminine] (Spanish), takås [common-gender] (Swedish), แป (bpɛɛ) (Thai), tulath [feminine] (Welsh), trawslath [feminine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSONL data for purlin meaning in English (6.5kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Information on the etymology is scant at best. According to Websters it comes from 15th-century English. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary, it is \"Middle English, perhaps of French origin\". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "purlins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "purlin (plural purlins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Czech translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Danish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Galician translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Greek translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Irish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Italian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Korean translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Malay translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Maori translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Thai translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Welsh translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "back through purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "butt purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "clasped purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "clasped through purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "common purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "principal purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "purlin plate"
        },
        {
          "word": "staggared butt purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "tenoned butt purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "threaded butt purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "through purlin"
        },
        {
          "word": "trenched through purlin"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops",
          "text": "The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof."
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "purlin plate"
        },
        {
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "principal purlin"
        },
        {
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "common purlin"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-purlin-en-noun-yy4CwtRc",
      "links": [
        [
          "longitudinal",
          "longitudinal"
        ],
        [
          "structural",
          "structural"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ],
        [
          "bridging",
          "bridge#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rafter",
          "rafter"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "purline"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "corretja"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vaznice"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "ås"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "kitapuu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "panne"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "carreira"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "terza"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "padia"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Pfette"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tegída",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "τεγίδα"
        },
        {
          "code": "haw",
          "lang": "Hawaiian",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "ʻaho"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "taobhán"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "terzera"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "dori",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "도리"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "kasau lintang"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "gulung-gulung"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "kaho"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "płatew"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "correa"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "takås"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "bpɛɛ",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "word": "แป"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tulath"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "trawslath"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɜːɹlɪn]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "purlin"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "back through purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "butt purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "clasped purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "clasped through purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "common purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "principal purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "purlin plate"
    },
    {
      "word": "staggared butt purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "tenoned butt purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "threaded butt purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "through purlin"
    },
    {
      "word": "trenched through purlin"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en"
      },
      "expansion": "Uncertain",
      "name": "unc"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Uncertain. Information on the etymology is scant at best. According to Websters it comes from 15th-century English. According to the Oxford Concise Dictionary, it is \"Middle English, perhaps of French origin\". Other sources reference Middle English or 15th-century English.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "purlins",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "purlin (plural purlins)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "purlin plate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "principal purlin"
    },
    {
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "common purlin"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with unknown etymologies",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Danish translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Malay translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Thai translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops",
          "text": "The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A longitudinal structural member bridging two or more rafters of a roof."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "longitudinal",
          "longitudinal"
        ],
        [
          "structural",
          "structural"
        ],
        [
          "member",
          "member"
        ],
        [
          "bridging",
          "bridge#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "rafter",
          "rafter"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈpɜːɹlɪn]",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "purline"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "corretja"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vaznice"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "ås"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "kitapuu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "panne"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "carreira"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terza"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "padia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Pfette"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tegída",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "τεγίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "ʻaho"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "taobhán"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "terzera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "dori",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "도리"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "kasau lintang"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "gulung-gulung"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "kaho"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "płatew"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "correa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "takås"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "bpɛɛ",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "word": "แป"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tulath"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "longitudinal structural member of a roof",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trawslath"
    }
  ],
  "word": "purlin"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-07-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-06-20 using wiktextract (e79c026 and b863ecc). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.