roof
The external covering at the top of a buildingThe external covering at the top of a building.
» The cat is on the roof.
Die Katze ist auf dem Dach.
Die Katze sitzt auf dem Dach.
Кошка на крыше.
Кошка сидит на крыше.
Кіт на даху.
Meaning
6 sensesThe external covering at the top of a building.
The roof was blown off by the tornado.
Dach
кры́шаkrýša, кровkrov, стропstrop
дахdax, кри́шаkrýša, стрі́хаstríxa
a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
The top external level of a building.
Let's go up to the roof.
The upper part of a cavity.
The palate is the roof of the mouth.
сводsvod
an upper limit on what is allowed
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
An overhanging rock wall.
(archaic, slang)A hat.
Examples
750 sentencesThe cat is on the roof.
Кіт на даху.
ruКошка на крыше.
deDie Katze ist auf dem Dach.
Tom almost fell off the roof.
Том мало не впав із даху.
ruТом чуть не упал с крыши.
deTom wäre fast vom Dach gefallen.
I saw the moon above the roof.
Я побачив місяць понад дахом.
ruЯ увидела луну над крышей.
deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen.
Look at the cat on the roof.
Подивись на кота на даху.
ruПосмотри на кошку на крыше.
I saw a house with a red roof.
Я бачив будинок з червоним дахом.
ruЯ видел дом с красной крышей.
deIch sah ein Haus mit rotem Dach.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaFrom Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”).
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Forms
plural: roofs / roovesSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
84 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- on the roof
- off the roof
- the roof of
- from the roof
- red roof
- roof was blown
- the roof was
- roof of his
- roof of my
- roof leaks
- to the roof
- in the roof