charpente

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See also: charpenté

French

Etymology

Either from charpenter, or directly from Old French charpent (itself from Latin carpentum) .

Pronunciation

Noun

charpente f (plural charpentes)

  1. framework
  2. build (of person)
  3. (figuratively) structure (of a book, etc.)

Verb

charpente

  1. inflection of charpenter:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

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