Meaning

2 senses
  1. A mansard roof

  2. The upper storey of a building, surrounded by such a roof

    манса́рдаmansárda

More definitions
  • a hip roof having two slopes on each side

Examples

1 sentences
  1. A single house can have a French-inspired mansard roof, Grecian columns, and English Tudor-inspired timbering.

    ruВ одном и том же доме может иметься французская мансардная крыша, греческие колонны и деревянные конструкции в стиле эпохи Тюдоров в Англии. — Wezel

Translations

3 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
upper storey:

Origin

Borrowed from French mansarde, from Francois Mansart, French architect.

Borrowed from French mansarde, from Francois Mansart, French architect.

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Forms

plural: mansards
Singularmansard
Pluralmansards

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedmansarded

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
mansard — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto