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Meaning of "chambranle" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CHAMBRANLE

chambranle  [ʃɑ̃mbrɑ̃l] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAMBRANLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chambranle is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAMBRANLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Chambranle

In architecture and joinery, the chambranle is the border, frame, or ornament, made of stone or wood, that is a component of the three sides round chamber doors, large windows, and chimneys. When a chambranle is plain and without mouldings, it is called a band, case, or frame. The chambranle consists of three parts; the two sides, called montants, or ports, and the top, called the traverse or supercilium. The chambranle of an ordinary door is frequently called a door-case; of a window, window-frame; and of a chimney, mantle-tree.

Definition of chambranle in the English dictionary

The definition of chambranle in the dictionary is the three-sided ornamental bordering found around doors, windows and fireplaces.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAMBRANLE

chamber of commerce
Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Horrors
chamber of trade
chamber orchestra
chamber organ
chamber pop
chamber pot
chamber tomb
chambered
chambered nautilus
chamberer
chamberhand
chamberlain
chamberlainship
chambermaid
chambers
Chambertin
Chambord
chambray

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAMBRANLE

branle
dinnle
middle
on the whole
the good people
the people
title
toggle
triple
trouble
unable
unavailable
vale
valuable
variable
vehicle
visible
while
whole
wholesale

Synonyms and antonyms of chambranle in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «chambranle» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CHAMBRANLE

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The translations of chambranle from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chambranle» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

chambranle
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

chambranle
570 millions of speakers

English

chambranle
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

chambranle
380 millions of speakers
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chambranle
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

chambranle
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

chambranle
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

chambranle
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chambranle
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Chambranle
190 millions of speakers

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chambranle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

chambranle
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

chambranle
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Chambranle
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

chambranle
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

chambranle
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चेंब्रॅनल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

chambranle
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

chambranle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

chambranle
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

chambranle
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

chambranle
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

chambranle
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

chambranle
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

chambranle
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

chambranle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chambranle

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAMBRANLE»

The term «chambranle» is normally little used and occupies the 128.189 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAMBRANLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chambranle

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAMBRANLE»

Discover the use of chambranle in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chambranle and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An Encyclopædia of Architecture: Historical, Theoretical, ...
That story of a house appropriated for bed-rooms. In good houses it should never be less than ten feet high, in better houses from twelve feet to fifteen feet. Chambers. See Architects, list of, 300. Chambranle. (Fr.) An ornamental bordering on ...
Joseph Gwilt, 1842
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The Builder's Dictionary Or Gentleman and Architect's ...
The Width of Windows in Without the Chambranle is respect to that of their Jaumbs, a PI at- band, serving it as an i. e. with respect to the Breadth A ricre- corps, called a Mm- of the Wall between Windows, taut or Window-posts, which may be as ...
3
L'architrave, le plancher, la plate-forme: nouvelle histoire ...
A l'intérieur de l'embrasure, le chambranle qui délimite l'ouverture de la fenêtre est composé, dans la partie supérieure, par des éléments de très bonne facture en terre cuite en forme de U inversé, avec des commissures verticales, ...
‎2012
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A treatise of architecture: with remarks and observations
OBSERVATION. - , I The Consoles of the Corniche shou'd be as big at bottom as at top, that they maysall in regularly with the Jaumb and Chambranle. E OB1o8 A Treatise of Architeciture. OBSERVATION. The breadth of the Chambranle.
Sébastien Le Clerc, 1732
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ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF INTERNATIONAL AVIATION LAW
10.6 Chambranles de portes La sûreté d'une porte dépend en partie de la solidité de son chambranle et de sa fixation dans l'embrasure. Dans certains cas, il peut aussi être nécessaire de renforcer le seuil en remplaçant le bois par du béton.
PHILIP FORSANG NDIKUM, 2013
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Rereading Camara Laye
1 In the hut he shares with Akissi, Clarence "se laissa glisser le long du bourrelet qui sert de chambranle" (180); literally the ... on one's head, an appropriate image for Africa, and the "chambranle " is cloth put around a door to cut the draught.
Adele King, 2002
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Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture
In ancient Roman architecture, a building for judicial functions. chalcidicum. i chalcidicum. i chambranle A structural feature, often ornamental, enclosing the sides and top of a doorway, window, fireplace, or similar opening. The top' piece or ...
Cyril M. Harris, 2013
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Boyer's French Dictionary: Comprising All the Additions and ...
Chambranle, shen-brenl, s. m. door-case, window-case, mantletree. Chambranle des écotitiltea, coverings of the hatches. Chambre, shènbr, s. f. chamber or room. Chambre à coucher ; bed-chamber. Chambre ou Von mange, dining-room.
Abel Boyer, William Bentley Fowle, 1835
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Dictionnaire français-anglais et anglais-français, abrégé
Cham BELLAS, s. ui. chamberlain. Chambourln , s. m. kind of stone used to make crystal glass. ChambrAnle , s. m. doorcase , window-case , manlel- trce. Chambranle des ecoutil- les , coverings of the hatches. Chambre , s. f. chamber or room ...
Abel Boyer, 1816
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The French Atlantic: Travels in Culture and History
Contrast her opening description of the city and river's ouverture/chambranle duality with the comfortable voyeurism of poulin: le fleuve est la voie sans issue dont la lune est prisonnière. Comme les navires, les grands transats, les chalutiers, ...
Bill Marshall, 2009

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAMBRANLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chambranle is used in the context of the following news items.
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« Alcina », un déchaînement de fureur, de plaisir et de passion
... transforme les sorcières Alcina et sa sœur Morgana, vieilles femmes racornies d'un côté du chambranle, en jeunes et avenantes chanteuses. «Le Monde, Jul 15»
2
Pataugas, guerre secrète et désillusions !
Elle ouvre : son mari est devant elle, blême, appuyé au chambranle, haletant, la main posée sur le cœur : ''Ils m'ont empoisonné'', dit-il, ... «El Watan, Jun 15»
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La Nouvelle-Calédonie obtient la suspension d'une vente aux …
L'ecclésiastique avait même déclaré qu'un chambranle et une flèche faîtière avaient mystérieusement disparu de sa mission protestante, sur la ... «TAHITI INFOS, Jun 15»
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Des objets d'art kanak « volés » présentés lors d'une grande vente …
D'après l'ethnologue Jean Guiart, un chambranle de Hienghène ou encore une flèche faîtière Paimboa, en tout vingt pièces rares selon la ... «Les Nouvelles Calédoniennes, Jun 15»
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Œil pour œil, cercueil pour cercueil
Le regard doit d'abord se laisser cadrer par le chambranle de la porte. Les deux piliers en pierre de taille servent à canaliser la vision vers la ... «Revues.org, Jun 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Chambranle [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/chambranle>. May 2024 ».
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