Значение

значений: 5
  1. A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

    a room (often at the top of a tower) where bells are hung

  2. A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.

    Glockenstube, Glockenturm

    колоко́льняkolokólʹnja

    дзвіни́цяdzvinýcja

  3. (диалектное)A shed.

  4. (устаревшее)A movable tower used in sieges.

    Belagerungsturm

  5. (устаревшее)An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell.

    Bergfried

    a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

Примеры

предложений: 5
  1. He has bats in the belfry.

    У него не все дома.

    deDer hat einen an der Waffel.

  2. How can you have a belfry without bats?

    Разве бывают колокольни без летучих мышей?

    ukХіба бувають дзвіниці без кажанів?

    deWie könnt ihr einen Glockenturm ohne Fledermäuse haben?

  3. And Mary was buried in the rural graveyard, under the shadow of the belfry tower.

    И Мэри похоронили на сельском кладбище, под сенью колокольной башни.

  4. He exhausted himself climbing the belfry.

  5. I hear the storks clacking from up in the belfry.

Переводы

языков: 8
Українська
По значениям 1
tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church:
Русский
По значениям 1
tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church:
Deutsch
По значениям 4
part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells:
tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church:
moveable tower used in sieges:
watchtower containing an alarm-bell:

Происхождение

From Middle English belfry, bellfray, belfray, berfrey, barfray, from Old French belfroi,

From Middle English belfry, bellfray, belfray, berfrey, barfray, from Old French belfroi, berfroi, berfrey, from Late Latin berfrēdus, from Frankish *bergafriþu, from Proto-Germanic *bergafriþuz, equivalent to barrow + frith. English forms containing bel- as opposed to ber- were preferred due to false association with English bell. Cognate with Middle High German bërcvrit, bërvrit (“defensive tower”) (modern German Bergfried), Middle Dutch bergfrede, bergfert. Doublet of bergfried.

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Формы

мн. число: belfries
Ед. числоbelfry
Мн. числоbelfries

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Синонимы

синонимов: 1
Близкие по смыслу
  • a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building:campanile

Однокоренные

связанных слов: 1
Производныеbelfried

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