lintel

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English

Lintel labeled with 2 (sill is number 1)

Etymology

From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit +‎ -el.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɪn.təl/
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  • Rhymes: -ɪntəl

Noun

lintel (plural lintels)

  1. (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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Galician

Etymology

From Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin limitalis, from Latin liminaris.

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Noun

lintel m (plural linteis)

  1. lintel
    Synonym: lumieira

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Old French

Noun

lintel 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)

  1. lintel (beam)

Descendants

  • French: linteau
  • → Middle English: lintel
  • → Portuguese: lintel, dintel
  • → Spanish: lintel, dintel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: lin‧tel

Noun

lintel m (plural lintéis)

  1. lintel

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /linˈtel/
  • Rhymes: -el
  • Syllabification: lin‧tel

Noun

lintel m (plural linteles)

  1. (architecture) lintel

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