contrafort
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
From contra + fort. Calque of French contrefort.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
contrafort m (plural contraforts)
- buttress, counterfort
- (geomorphology) spur
- counter, heelcap (of footwear)
Further reading edit
- “contrafort” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French contrefort.
Noun edit
contrafort n (plural contraforturi)
Declension edit
Declension of contrafort
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) contrafort | contrafortul | (niște) contraforturi | contraforturile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) contrafort | contrafortului | (unor) contraforturi | contraforturilor |
| vocative | contrafortule | contraforturilor | ||