lintel
See also: Lintel
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈlɪn.təl/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪntəl
Noun
editlintel (plural lintels)
- (architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
- 1915, W.S. Maugham, Of Human Bondage:
- Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.
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editAntonyms
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editTranslations
edithorizontal structural beam
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Further reading
edit- Lintel (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “lintel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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editGalician
editEtymology
editFrom Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin limitalis, from Latin liminaris.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlintel m (plural linteis)
Related terms
editReferences
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “lintel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “lintel”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “lintel”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old French
editNoun
editlintel oblique singular, m (oblique plural linteaus or linteax or lintiaus or lintiax or lintels, nominative singular linteaus or linteax or lintiaus or lintiax or lintels, nominative plural lintel)
- lintel (beam)
Descendants
editPortuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: lin‧tel
Noun
editlintel m (plural lintéis)
Coordinate terms
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editNoun
editlintel m (plural linteles)
Further reading
edit- “lintel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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