steeple
A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spireA tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
» The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.
Der Kirchturm der Kirche beginnt mit dem Alter zu bröckeln.
Значення
значень: 3A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
Kirchturm
колоко́льняkolokólʹnja
дзвіни́цяdzvinýcja
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
A spire.
(історичне)A high headdress of the 14th century.
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речень: 5The church's steeple is beginning to crumble with age.
deDer Kirchturm der Kirche beginnt mit dem Alter zu bröckeln.
Church steeples - overturned funnels to lead prayers to heaven.
What's the name of the church there with the crooked steeple?
deWie heißt die Kirche mit dem schiefen Turmhelm dort?
The church steeples loomed overhead.
The steeple of the cathedral of Seville used to be a minaret.
deDer Turm von Sevillas Kathedrale war einst ein Minarett.
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мов: 8За значеннями 1
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Походження
From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), fFrom Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).
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множина: steeplesСиноніми
синонімів: 1- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top:spire