noun · rare

belfry

belfry · belfries

дзвіниця

колокольня

Glockenturm, Glockenstube

A tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a churchA tower or steeple typically containing bells, especially as part of a church.

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/ˈbɛlfɹi/

» How can you have a belfry without bats?

Wie könnt ihr einen Glockenturm ohne Fledermäuse haben?

Разве бывают колокольни без летучих мышей?

Хіба бувають дзвіниці без кажанів?

Meaning

5 senses

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
A part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells.
Glockenstube, Glockenturm
колоко́льняkolokólʹnja
дзвіни́цяdzvinýcja
(dialectal)A shed.
(obsolete)A movable tower used in sieges.
Belagerungsturm
(obsolete)An alarm-tower; a watchtower possibly containing an alarm-bell.
Bergfried
a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

Examples

5 sentences

How can you have a belfry without bats?
Хіба бувають дзвіниці без кажанів?
ruРазве бывают колокольни без летучих мышей?
deWie könnt ihr einen Glockenturm ohne Fledermäuse haben?
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He has bats in the belfry.
ruУ него не все дома.
deDer hat einen an der Waffel.
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He exhausted himself climbing the belfry.
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I hear the storks clacking from up in the belfry.
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And Mary was buried in the rural graveyard, under the shadow of the belfry tower.
ruИ Мэри похоронили на сельском кладбище, под сенью колокольной башни.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church:

Русский

By meaning 1

tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church:

Deutsch

By meaning 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:

Origin

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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