pomme

Inherited from Middle French pomme, from Old French pome, pume, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum, reanalyzed as a feminine singular, from Proto-Italic *poomos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂po-h₁ém-os (“taken off”). Compare English pome.

inh

(architecture) a decorative motif in the shape of an apple


arc

Inherited from Old French arc, from Latin arcus (“bow, arch”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-.


balustrade

→ English: balustrade

desctree

→ Russian: балюстрада (baljustrada)
→ Georgian: ბალუსტრადა (balusṭrada)

Borrowed into Middle French from Italian balaustrata.

(architecture) balustrade [from 16th c.]


arcade

→ Danish: arkade

→ Dutch: arcade

→ English: arcade

→ German: Arkade

→ Norwegian Bokmål: arkade

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: arkade

→ Swedish: arkad

Borrowed from Italian arcata. By surface analysis, arc + -ade.


aire

Inherited from Old French aire, eire, from Latin ārea. Doublet of are and area, which were learned borrowings.

une aire


banderole

→ German: Banderole

→ Polish: banderola

(architecture) banderole (flat band with an inscription)


architecture

→ Dutch: architectuur
Afrikaans: argitektuur
→ Indonesian: arsitektur


rampant

fr-adj

rampant (feminine rampante, masculine plural rampants, feminine plural rampantes)

rampante (feminine)
rampants (masculine plural)
rampantes (feminine plural)


hors-d'œuvre

(architecture) extension, appurtenance (room of a building that is not part of the main structure)


hors-d'œuvre

(architecture) stand-alone (standing apart from the main body of a building)


abacule

Learned borrowing from Latin abaculus, a diminutive of abacus (“panel”).

(art and architecture) a mosaic tessera; tessella; abaculus


console

desc

→ Armenian: քոնսոլ (kʻonsol), քոնցոլ (kʻoncʻol) — Constantinople

→ Catalan: consola

→ English: console

→ German: Konsole

→ Greek: κονσόλα (konsóla)

→ Ottoman Turkish: قونسول (konsol)

→ Turkish: konsol

→ Polish: konsola

Probably a shortened from consolateur, denoting the same architectural element, ultimately from consoler (“to console, to comfort”).

‘Puis, à mesure que la charpente métallique montait, […] les consoles et les corbeaux se chargeaient de sculptures.’

(architecture) a projection or spur on a wall, generally in the form of an "S", supporting a cornice, balcony etc.


lunette

→ Portuguese: luneta


église

Antillean Creole: légliz

Guianese Creole: légliz

Haitian Creole: legliz

Karipúna Creole French: legliz

Louisiana Creole: legliz

→ Malagasy: eglizy

Seychellois Creole: legliz

→ Tayo: leglis

Inherited from Middle French eglise, from Old French eglise, esglise, from Vulgar Latin *eclesia, from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía, “gathering”).
* Cognate with Catalan església, Italian chiesa, Portuguese igreja, Spanish iglesia


ordre

→ Danish: ordre

→ Norwegian Bokmål: ordre

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: ordre

Inherited from Old French ordre, ordene, borrowed from Latin ōrdinem (accusative of ōrdo). Doublet of the inherited orne, now a regional term with a specialized agricultural sense.


triplet

(mathematics, biology, architecture) triplet, group of three things


nef

→ Breton: nev

→ English: nef

Inherited from Middle French nef, from Old French nef, from Latin nāvem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us. Displaced by bateau and navire in the sense of "boat".


eyra

(architecture) cougar, (Puma yagouaroundi eyra)


ogive

ogives (plural)
augive (alternative obsolete)

→ Spanish: ojiva

From Vulgar Latin augīvus, from Latin augēre, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.


caracole

Borrowed from Spanish caracol, of unclear origin.


tribune

Dutch: tribune
→ Indonesian: tribune

→ Ottoman Turkish: تریبون (tribün)

Turkish: tribün


abat-jour

fr-noun

abat-jour m (plural abat-jours or abat-jour)

→ Albanian: abazhur

desc

→ Arabic: أَبَاجُور (ʔabāžūr)

→ Arabic: أَبَاجُور (ʔabāžūr)

→ Hijazi Arabic: أَبَجورة (ʔabajōra)

→ Bulgarian: абажу́р (abažúr)

→ Czech: abažúr

→ English: abatjour

→ Estonian: abažuur

→ Greek: αμπαζούρ (ampazoúr)

→ Ladino: abazur

→ Italian: abat-jour

→ Latvian: abažūrs

→ Lithuanian: abažūras

→ Persian: آباژور (âbâžur)

→ Polish: abażur

desctree

→ Portuguese: abajur, abat-jour, abaju, abajour
→ Hunsrik: Abaschur

→ Romagnol: abat-jour

→ Romanian: abajur

→ Russian: абажу́р (abažúr)
→ Azerbaijani: abajur
→ Bashkir: абажур (abajur)
→ Belarusian: абажу́р (abažúr)
→ Chuvash: абажур (abažur)
→ Eastern Mari: абажур (abažur)
→ Georgian: აბაჟური (abažuri)
→ Kazakh: абажур (abajur)
→ Komi-Zyrian: абажур (abažur)
→ Ossetian: абажур (abažur)
→ Tatar: абажур (abajur)
→ Tajik: абажур (abažur)
→ Udmurt: абажур (abažur)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: аба̀жӯр

Latin script: abàžūr

→ Ottoman Turkish: آباژور (abajur)

Turkish: abajur

→ Ukrainian: абажу́р (abažúr)

From abat (“breaks down”) + jour (“light”).


tympan

Borrowed from Latin tympanum. Doublet of timbre, which was inherited.


arête

Inherited from Old French areste, from Latin arista.


épi

Inherited from Old French espi, from Latin spīcum, one of the variants of spīca. Doublet of aspic.

(architecture) groyne, groin (US) (projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults)


trèfle

→ German: Treff n

→ Macedonian: треф m (tref)

→ Russian: тре́фа f (tréfa)

→ Russian: тре́фы f (tréfy)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: тре̏ф m

Latin script: trȅf m

→ Polish: trefl

→ Vietnamese: nhép, tép

Inherited from Old French tresfle, from Vulgar Latin *trifolum, from Latin trifolium, calque of Ancient Greek τρίφυλλον (tríphullon). Or taken from the Greek itself. Compare Old French trefeuil.


marquise

→ Danish: markise

→ English: marquise

→ German: Markise

→ Ottoman Turkish: ماركیز (markiz)

Turkish: markiz

→ Persian: مارکیز (mârkiz)

→ Portuguese: marquise, marquesa

→ Romanian: marchiză

(architecture) awning, marquee (projecting canopy over an entrance)


moellon

From an alteration of Old French moilon (influenced by moelle), itself probably from a Vulgar Latin *mūtuliōnem, from Latin mūtulus (“stone or wood overhang”). Compare Italian modiglione; cf. also Spanish mojón. Doublet of modillon, taken from Italian.


folie

Inherited from Middle French folie, from Old French folie, from fol + -ie.


cote

Inherited from Middle French quote, quotte, borrowed from Late Latin quota, from Latin quotus. Doublet of quota, an unadapted borrowing.


orle

Inherited from Old French orle, from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, a diminutive of Latin ōra (“edge”), probably from ōs, ōris (“mouth”). Compare Portuguese and Spanish orla.


dédale

→ Romanian: dedal

Attested 1604 in Antoine de Montchrestien. From Middle French dedalus after Dédale (“Daedalus”), who built the Cretan Labyrinth in Greek mythology, from Latin Daedalus, from Ancient Greek Δαίδαλος (Daídalos).


tringle

An alteration (with intrusive r) of Middle French tingle, from Middle Dutch tengel.


colonne

→ Dutch: colonne

→ German: Kolonne

Inherited from Old French colonne, columne, from Latin columna. Doublet of colombe.

(architecture) column, pillar (cylindrical part of a structure, for support)


rotonde

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, from Latin rotunda, feminine of rotundus. Doublet of rond.


voussoir

Inherited from Old French vosoir, from Vulgar Latin *volsorium, from *volsus, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).


lancette

→ Portuguese: lanceta

Inherited from Old French lancete (diminutive of lance). By surface analysis, lance + -ette.

(architecture) a style of sharply pointed arch, in a Gothic style


arche

Inherited from Old French arche, borrowed from Late Latin arca, from Latin arcus.


amortir

amortir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
amortissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
amorti (participle past)
amortis (first-person indicative present singular)
amortis (indicative present second-person singular)
amortit (indicative present singular third-person)
amortissons (first-person indicative plural present)
amortissez (indicative plural present second-person)
amortissent (indicative plural present third-person)
amortissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
amortissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
amortissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
amortissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
amortissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
amortissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
amortis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
amortis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
amortit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
amortîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
amortîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
amortirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
amortirai (first-person future indicative singular)
amortiras (future indicative second-person singular)
amortira (future indicative singular third-person)
amortirons (first-person future indicative plural)
amortirez (future indicative plural second-person)
amortiront (future indicative plural third-person)
amortirais (conditional first-person singular)
amortirais (conditional second-person singular)
amortirait (conditional singular third-person)
amortirions (conditional first-person plural)
amortiriez (conditional plural second-person)
amortiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
amortisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
amortisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
amortisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
amortissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
amortissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
amortissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
amortisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
amortisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
amortît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
amortissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
amortissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
amortissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
amortis (imperative second-person singular)
amortissons (first-person imperative plural)
amortissez (imperative plural second-person)

→ English: amortise

Inherited from Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”). By surface analysis, a- + mort + -ir.

(architecture) to put an amortizement on


grenier

Inherited from Middle French grenier, from Old French grenier, gernier, guernier, from Latin grānārium.

grenier d'abondance

grenier à blé

attic, garret (space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof)


arc-bouter

arc-bouter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
arc-boutant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
arc-bouté (participle past)
arc-boute (first-person indicative present singular)
arc-boutes (indicative present second-person singular)
arc-boute (indicative present singular third-person)
arc-boutons (first-person indicative plural present)
arc-boutez (indicative plural present second-person)
arc-boutent (indicative plural present third-person)
arc-boutais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
arc-boutais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
arc-boutait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
arc-boutions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
arc-boutiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
arc-boutaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
arc-boutai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
arc-boutas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
arc-bouta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
arc-boutâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
arc-boutâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
arc-boutèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
arc-bouterai (first-person future indicative singular)
arc-bouteras (future indicative second-person singular)
arc-boutera (future indicative singular third-person)
arc-bouterons (first-person future indicative plural)
arc-bouterez (future indicative plural second-person)
arc-bouteront (future indicative plural third-person)
arc-bouterais (conditional first-person singular)
arc-bouterais (conditional second-person singular)
arc-bouterait (conditional singular third-person)
arc-bouterions (conditional first-person plural)
arc-bouteriez (conditional plural second-person)
arc-bouteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
arc-boute (first-person present singular subjunctive)
arc-boutes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
arc-boute (present singular subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
arc-boutiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
arc-boutent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
arc-boutasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
arc-boutât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
arc-boutassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
arc-boutassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
arc-boutassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
arc-boute (imperative second-person singular)
arc-boutons (first-person imperative plural)
arc-boutez (imperative plural second-person)


corbeau

fr-noun

corbeau m (plural corbeaux, feminine corbelle)

→ English: corbeau

Inherited from Middle French corbeau m, from Old French corbel m, itself either a diminutive of corp m (“raven”), or from a Late Latin corbellus, corvellus m, from Latin corvus m (Vulgar Latin variant *corbus m).


berceau

Haitian Creole: bèso

→ Portuguese: berço

→ Swedish: berså

From Old French berçuel (diminutive of bers) from Vulgar Latin berciolum diminutive of *bertium, from Gaulish *berta, from Proto-Celtic *bertā, variant of *bereti (“to carry”).
Compare Old Irish bert (“bundle”). Cognate with Catalan bressol, Portuguese berço and Galician berce.


arc-boutant

arcs-boutants (plural)
arcboutant (alternative)

→ Catalan: arcbotant

→ English: arc-boutant

→ Portuguese: arcobotante

→ Spanish: arbotante


giron

From Old Frankish *gēro (compare Old High German gēro, Middle Dutch ghere).


meurtrière

(architecture) loophole (slit in a castle wall; today, any similar window for shooting a ranged weapon or letting in light)


barder

barder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
bardant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
bardé (participle past)
barde (first-person indicative present singular)
bardes (indicative present second-person singular)
barde (indicative present singular third-person)
bardons (first-person indicative plural present)
bardez (indicative plural present second-person)
bardent (indicative plural present third-person)
bardais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
bardais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
bardait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
bardions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
bardiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
bardaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
bardai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
bardas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
barda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
bardâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
bardâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
bardèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
barderai (first-person future indicative singular)
barderas (future indicative second-person singular)
bardera (future indicative singular third-person)
barderons (first-person future indicative plural)
barderez (future indicative plural second-person)
barderont (future indicative plural third-person)
barderais (conditional first-person singular)
barderais (conditional second-person singular)
barderait (conditional singular third-person)
barderions (conditional first-person plural)
barderiez (conditional plural second-person)
barderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
barde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
bardes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
barde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
bardions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
bardiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
bardent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
bardasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
bardasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
bardât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
bardassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
bardassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
bardassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
barde (imperative second-person singular)
bardons (first-person imperative plural)
bardez (imperative plural second-person)

(architecture) to clad (add cladding to a wall)


voûte

Inherited from Old French volte, from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, for Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Compare Italian volta; cf. also Spanish bóveda.


plate-bande

plates-bandes (plural)
platebande (alternative)


feuille d'acanthe

feuille d'acanthe f (plural feuilles d'acanthe)

(art and architecture) an acanthus decorative pattern


pierre angulaire

pierre angulaire f (plural pierres angulaires)


moineau

Inherited from Old French moinel, equivalent to moine (because of its plumage) + -eau.

(fortifications) (type of) small bastion


borgne

(architecture) blind (used for windows or walls)


trumeau

→ English: trumeau

→ Italian: trumeau

Probably Old French *trum, from Frankish *thrum (“stump”) (Proto-Germanic *þrum-), suffixed with -eau.


victorien

fr-adj

victorien (feminine victorienne, masculine plural victoriens, feminine plural victoriennes)

victorienne (feminine)
victoriens (masculine plural)
victoriennes (feminine plural)


basilique

Borrowed from Medieval Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ). Compare the inherited doublet basoche.

(architecture) a Christian church building having a nave with a semicircular apse, side aisles, a narthex and a clerestory


obélisque

→ Polish: obelisk

Learned borrowing from Latin obeliscus (“obelisk”), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀβελίσκος (obelískos).

lbor

(architecture) obelisk (a tall, square, tapered, stone monolith topped with a pyramidal point)


cintre

→ English: cinter


chevet

Inherited from Old French chevez, from Latin capitium.


arc de triomphe

fr-noun

arc de triomphe m (plural arcs de triomphe)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-arc de triomphe.wav

triumphal arch (monumental arch commemorating a triumph, such as a military victory)


gravillon

Couvrir les allées de gravillons c'est économique mais cela demande de l'entretien.

Covering the lanes with grit is cheap, but it demands maintenance.

fine grit, grains of stone of between six and twenty millimeters diameter


médaillon

Danish: medaljon

English: medallion

German: Medaillon

Greek: μενταγιόν (mentagión)

→ Turkish: madalyon


arrondi

(engineering, architecture) fillet (rounded relief or cut at an edge)


dôme

Inherited from Middle French dosme, from (Old Provençal) Old Occitan doma, borrowed from Late Latin dōma (“roof, housetop”), from Koine Greek δῶμα (dôma, “roof, housetop”) previously meaning "house".


épure

From the verb épurer (“to purify, to clear”): a sketch cleared of superfluous elements.

(architecture) blueprint, working drawing [since 1676]


sommier

→ Spanish: somier

Inherited from Old French somier, from Late Latin saumārius, sagmārius, from Latin sagma.


ajour

→ Bulgarian: ажур (ažur)

→ Danish: ajour

→ Greek: αζούρ (azoúr)

→ Polish: ażur

→ Romanian: ajur

→ Serbo-Croatian: ažur / ажур

→ Swedish: ajour

→ Ukrainian: ажур (ažur)

(architecture) aperture, slit that lets in daylight


gorgerin

/ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ̃/


parpaing

fr-adj

parpaing (feminine parpaigne, masculine plural parpaings, feminine plural parpaignes)

parpaigne (feminine)
parpaings (masculine plural)
parpaignes (feminine plural)

Probably from Vulgar Latin *perpetaneus, from Latin perpes (“uninterrupted”), or from a root *perpedaneum, from pes (“foot”) (cf. pedaneus).


œil-de-bœuf

→ English: œil-de-bœuf

Je travaillais, comme toujours, en regardant par l'œil-de-bœuf la danse des flots de la mer. C'est ma petite pénitence de chaque matin.


galetas

From Old French galatas (“housing in the upper part of a building”), from the tower of Galata, in Constantinople.


anastylose

(architecture) anastylosis (reassembly of ruined monuments)


zoophore

Learned borrowing from Latin zōophorus, from Ancient Greek ζωοφόρος (zōophóros).


orthographie

From Latin orthographia, from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) and γράφω (gráphō, “write”). By surface analysis, ortho- + -graphie.

Tout le monde sait la différence qu'il y a entre l'orthographie géométrale d'un bâtiment, telle que les architectes la donnent en estampes, et la vue même du bâtiment, avec la suite des perspectives qui l'accompagnent.

1862, Paul Lacroix, C. Marsuzi De Aguirre, Revue universelle des arts, volume 16, page 185:

Les représentations graphiques de la disposition, en grec ἰδέαι, sont l'ichnographie, l'orthographie, et la scénographie sur laquelle Vussin interrogeait Eginhard.

1975, Edgar de Bruyne, Études d'esthétique médiévale, volume 1, page 253:

En ceci Raphaël se distingue de la tradition vitruvienne qui, aux côtés de l'orthographie — élévation et de l'iconographie — plan, faisait de la scénographie, ou skiographie, le troisième mode de représentation de l'architecture.

1986, Odile Seyler, Jean-Louis Cohen, La recherche en architecture: un bilan international, page 51:

(architecture) orthography, orthographic projection


membron

(architecture) a line of lead or zinc that protects the bottom of a mansard roof


gloriette

→ Catalan: glorieta

→ English: gloriette

→ Italian: gloriette

→ Spanish: glorieta

(architecture) gloriette (pavilion or similar structure in an elevated position)


claveau

From Old French clavel, from Vulgar Latin *clavellus (compare Italian chiavello, chiavella), from Latin clavus.


encadrement

From encadrer (“to frame; to supervise”) + -ment.


pendentif

→ English: pendentive

→ German: Pendentif

→ Romanian: pandantiv


curetage

curetages (plural)
curettage (alternative)

→ Persian: کورتاژ (kurtâž)

(architecture) the rebuilding of an old building whilst retaining the facade


cour d'honneur

fr-noun

cour d'honneur f (plural cours d'honneur)


moucharabieh

moucharabiehs (plural)
moucharabié (alternative)
moucharaby (alternative)

Borrowed from Arabic مَشْرَبِيَّة (mašrabiyya).

bor+

مَشْرَبِيَّة


péristyle

Haitian Creole: peristil

→ English: peristyle

Learned borrowing from Latin peristȳlum. By surface analysis, péri- + style.


corinthien

fr-adj

corinthien (feminine corinthienne, masculine plural corinthiens, feminine plural corinthiennes)

corinthienne (feminine)
corinthiens (masculine plural)
corinthiennes (feminine plural)

(architecture) Corinthian (of the Corinthian Greek order)


voussure

(architecture) the curving profile of an arch


canéphore

From Ancient Greek κανηφόροι (kanēphóroi).


avant-mur

(architecture, dated) a wall erected in front of another wall


claire-voie

(architecture) clerestory (high section of wall that contains windows above eye level)


croisée d'ogives

fr-noun

croisée d'ogives f (plural croisées d'ogives)


voûte d'ogives

voûte d'ogives f (plural voûtes d'ogives)


pierre d'angle

pierre d'angle f (plural pierres d'angle)


première pierre

première pierre f (plural premières pierres)

poser la première pierre


acrotère

(architecture) acroter, acroterium, acroterion


arc-doubleau

(architecture) transverse arch (in Gothic architecture)


arrière-voussure

arrière-voussure f (plural arrière-voussures)

(architecture) an arch behind a door or window


assommoir

(historical, military, architecture) murder hole


cryptoportique

cryptoportique m (plural cryptoportiques)


métope

Borrowed from Latin metopa, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek μετόπη (metópē).


cerce

Inherited from Middle French cerche, from Old French cerche, probably from a Vulgar Latin *circa (compare northern Italian cerca, Spanish and Portuguese cerca), from the feminine of Latin circus. In modern French, the form cerce was probably due to progressive assimilation or from influence from cerceau.


modillon

Borrowed from Italian modiglione. Doublet of moellon.


architravé

fr-adj

architravé (feminine architravée, masculine plural architravés, feminine plural architravées)

architravée (feminine)
architravés (masculine plural)
architravées (feminine plural)


boulin

Uncertain. Possibly from boule or from Latin bolinus.

(architecture, dated) hole made in a dovecote for pigeons to nest, like a pigeonhole


dégravoyer

dégravoyer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
dégravoyant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
dégravoyé (participle past)
dégravoie (first-person indicative present singular)
dégravoies (indicative present second-person singular)
dégravoie (indicative present singular third-person)
dégravoyons (first-person indicative plural present)
dégravoyez (indicative plural present second-person)
dégravoient (indicative plural present third-person)
dégravoyais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
dégravoyais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
dégravoyait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
dégravoyions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
dégravoyiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
dégravoyaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
dégravoyai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
dégravoyas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
dégravoya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
dégravoyâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
dégravoyâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
dégravoyèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
dégravoierai (first-person future indicative singular)
dégravoieras (future indicative second-person singular)
dégravoiera (future indicative singular third-person)
dégravoierons (first-person future indicative plural)
dégravoierez (future indicative plural second-person)
dégravoieront (future indicative plural third-person)
dégravoierais (conditional first-person singular)
dégravoierais (conditional second-person singular)
dégravoierait (conditional singular third-person)
dégravoierions (conditional first-person plural)
dégravoieriez (conditional plural second-person)
dégravoieraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
dégravoie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
dégravoies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
dégravoie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
dégravoyions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
dégravoyiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
dégravoient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
dégravoyasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
dégravoyasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
dégravoyât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
dégravoyassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
dégravoyassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
dégravoyassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
dégravoie (imperative second-person singular)
dégravoyons (first-person imperative plural)
dégravoyez (imperative plural second-person)

(transitive, architecture) to bare, to lay bare


délarder

délarder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
délardant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
délardé (participle past)
délarde (first-person indicative present singular)
délardes (indicative present second-person singular)
délarde (indicative present singular third-person)
délardons (first-person indicative plural present)
délardez (indicative plural present second-person)
délardent (indicative plural present third-person)
délardais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
délardais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
délardait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
délardions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
délardiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
délardaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
délardai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
délardas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
délarda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
délardâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
délardâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
délardèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
délarderai (first-person future indicative singular)
délarderas (future indicative second-person singular)
délardera (future indicative singular third-person)
délarderons (first-person future indicative plural)
délarderez (future indicative plural second-person)
délarderont (future indicative plural third-person)
délarderais (conditional first-person singular)
délarderais (conditional second-person singular)
délarderait (conditional singular third-person)
délarderions (conditional first-person plural)
délarderiez (conditional plural second-person)
délarderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
délarde (first-person present singular subjunctive)
délardes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
délarde (present singular subjunctive third-person)
délardions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
délardiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
délardent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
délardasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
délardasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
délardât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
délardassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
délardassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
délardassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
délarde (imperative second-person singular)
délardons (first-person imperative plural)
délardez (imperative plural second-person)


porte-à-faux

Univerbation of porte à faux (third-person singular present indicative of porter à faux).

univerbation

porter à faux<alt:porte à faux><pos:third-person singular present indicative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">porter à faux</i>>


hauteur de vanité

fr-noun

hauteur de vanité f (usually uncountable, plural hauteurs de vanité)


feuilleret

Inherited from Middle French feuiller + -eret, from Old French [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *fodiclāre from Latin *fodiculāre, from fodicāre, from fodere.


faîteau

From Old French festel. From faîte + -eau.

(architecture, dated) ridge-tile, a decorative tile, pottery or metal covering on the highest beam of a roof


néobreton

fr-adj

néobreton (feminine néobretonne, masculine plural néobretons, feminine plural néobretonnes)

néobretonne (feminine)
néobretons (masculine plural)
néobretonnes (feminine plural)


néo-traditionnel

néo-traditionnel (feminine néo-traditionnelle, masculine plural néo-traditionnels, feminine plural néo-traditionnelles)

néo-traditionnelle (feminine)
néo-traditionnels (masculine plural)
néo-traditionnelles (feminine plural)


mur porteur

(masonry, architecture) foundation wall, load-bearing wall


néohaussmannien

néohaussmannien (feminine néohaussmannienne, masculine plural néohaussmanniens, feminine plural néohaussmanniennes)

néohaussmannienne (feminine)
néohaussmanniens (masculine plural)
néohaussmanniennes (feminine plural)


fenêtre à la française

fr-noun

fenêtre à la française f (plural fenêtres à la française)

From fenêtre (“window”) + à la française (“French-style”).


abat-son

abat-son m (plural abat-son or abat-sons)

(architecture) Any of the inclined louvre-boards, covered with lead or slates, attached to the timberwork of belfries, to protect the bells and bell-frames from the weather and to deflect the sound downwards.


voûtement

(architecture) vaulting (collectively, the vaults of a building or structure)