"transept" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈtɹænsɛpt/, /ˈtɹɑːnsɛpt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-transept.wav [Southern-England] Forms: transepts [plural]
Etymology: From French transept, from New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- (“across”) + saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|transept}} French transept, {{der|en|NL.|transeptum}} New Latin transeptum, {{der|en|la|trans-||across}} Latin trans- (“across”), {{m|la|saeptum||fence, partition, enclosure}} saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} transept (plural transepts)
  1. (architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts. Wikipedia link: transept Categories (topical): Architecture Derived forms: transepted Translations (transversal part of a church): creuer [masculine] (Catalan), transsepte [masculine] (Catalan), 耳堂 (ěrtáng) (Chinese Mandarin), transepto (Esperanto), poikkilaiva (Finnish), transept (French), Querhaus [neuter] (German), Transept [masculine, neuter] (German), kereszthajó (Hungarian), croslann [feminine] (Irish), 翼廊 (yokurō) (alt: よくろう) (Japanese), 袖廊 (shurō) (alt: しゅろう) (Japanese), кесе бөлме (kese bölme) (Kazakh), transept [masculine] (Polish), transept [neuter] (Romanian), трансепт (transept) [masculine] (Russian), transepto [masculine] (Spanish)

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