arc-boutant

See also: arcboutant

English

Alternative forms

• arc boutant

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French arc-boutant.

Noun

arc-boutant (plural arc-boutants)

1. (architecture) Synonym of flying buttress

Translations

flying buttress — see flying buttress

French

Alternative forms

• arcboutant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁk.bu.tɑ̃/

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Noun

arc-boutant m (plural arcs-boutants)

1. (architecture) flying buttress

Descendants

• → Catalan: arcbotant
• → English: arc-boutant
• → Portuguese: arcobotante
• → Spanish: arbotante

Participle

arc-boutant

1. present participle of arc-bouter

Further reading

• “arc-boutant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.