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Meaning of "mansard" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MANSARD

From French mansarde, after François Mansart.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MANSARD

mansard  [ˈmænsɑːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MANSARD

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mansard 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 MANSARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mansard

Mansard roof

A mansard or mansard roof is a four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The steep roof with windows creates an additional floor of habitable space,, and reduces the overall height of the roof for a given number of habitable storeys. The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building. The earliest known example of a mansard roof is credited to Pierre Lescot on part of the Louvre built around 1550. This roof design was popularised in the early 17th century by François Mansart, an accomplished architect of the French Baroque period. It became especially fashionable during the Second French Empire of Napoléon III. Mansard in Europe also means the attic space itself, not just the roof shape and is often used in Europe to mean a gambrel roof.

Definition of mansard in the English dictionary

The definition of mansard in the dictionary is an attic having such a roof.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MANSARD


Ahmedabad
ˈɑːmədəˌbɑːd
backyard
ˌbæˈkjɑːd
brassard
ˈbræsɑːd
card
kɑːd
courtyard
ˈkɔːtˌjɑːd
embassade
ˈembəˌsɑːd
facade
fəˈsɑːd
glissade
ɡlɪˈsɑːd
guard
ɡɑːd
Hansard
ˈhænsɑːd
hard
hɑːd
Hyderabad
ˈhaɪdərəˌbɑːd
MasterCard
ˈmɑːstəˌkɑːd
pesade
pɛˈsɑːd
Prasad
prəˈsɑːd
regard
rɪˈɡɑːd
Riyadh
rɪˈjɑːd
Sade
sɑːd
sard
sɑːd
yard
jɑːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MANSARD

manrope
mansard roof
mansarded
Mansart
manscaping
manse
Mansell
manservant
Mansfield
manshift
Mansholt
mansion
Mansion House
mansionary
mansions
manslaughter
manslayer
Manson
mansonry
mansuete

WORDS THAT END LIKE MANSARD

award
Bernard
board
boulevard
bulletin board
chresard
credit card
Edward
forward
guisard
heard
Howard
in this regard
keyboard
maquisard
nasard
Richard
Ronsard
standard
toward

Synonyms and antonyms of mansard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mansard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MANSARD

Find out the translation of mansard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mansard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mansard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阁楼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mansarda
570 millions of speakers

English

mansard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mansard
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мансарда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mansarda
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mansard
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mansarde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mansard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mansarde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マンサード屋根
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

맨 사드
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mansard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gác ở sát mái nhà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mansard
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मांजर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mansart
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mansarda
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mansardowym
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

мансарда
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mansarda
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σοφίτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mansardedak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

brutna
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mansardtak
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mansard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MANSARD»

The term «mansard» is regularly used and occupies the 84.968 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MANSARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mansard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mansard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MANSARD»

Discover the use of mansard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mansard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Carpentry and Building Construction: A Do-It-Yourself Guide
MANSARD ROOFS A mansard roof provides full ceiling height. It is made of two roof surfaces. The top roof is a hip roof. The lower roof is very steep and serves to protect the interior wall (see 16-18). It is on all sides of the building, eliminating ...
William Spence, 1999
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Carpentry and Joinery
Traditionally the roof was constructed from framed Mansard roof trusses, which were a combination of a king post truss and a queen post truss, as illustrated in Figure 2.77. Today they will normally be formed using Mansard-trussed rafters.
Peter Brett, 2004
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Architectural Drafting and Design
The mansard roof is similar to a gambrel roof but has the angled lower roof on all four sides rather than just two. A mansard roof is often used as a parapet wall to hide mechanical equipment on □PERIMETER OF STRUCTURE -OUTLINE OF ...
Alan Jefferis, David A. Madsen, 2005
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Print Reading for Architecture and Construction Technology
MANSARD ROOFS The mansard roof is similar to a gambrel roof, but has the angled lower roof on all four sides rather than just two (see Figure 9-24) . The mansard roof is often used as a parapet wall to hide mechanical equipmem on the roof ...
David A. Madsen, Alan Jefferis, 2004
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Residential Framing: A Homebuilder's Construction Guide
A mansard roof provides full ceiling height. It is made of two roof surfaces. The top roof is a hip roof. The lower roof is very steep and serves to protect the interior wall (see 14-13). It is on all sides of the building, eliminating the gable end.
William Perkins Spence, 1993
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Old-House Journal
The architecture of the French Second Empire is marked not only by mansard roofs, but by large bays or pavilions, rich ornamentation, tall windows with arched pediments, and such classical details as quoins, belt courses, and bracketed ...
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Loft Conversions
Note that this form of conversion is sometimes, incorrectly, described as a mansard conversion (see below). Mansard conversion The defining quality of the traditional mansard roof is its broken slope, with a long, steep lower section and a  ...
John Coutts, 2012
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Carpentry and Joinery for Advanced Craft Students: Site Practice
Mansard roofs are constructed so that accommodation can be provided in the roof space. Traditionally the roof was constructed from framed mansard roof trusses which were a combination of a king post truss and a queen post truss, ...
Peter Brett, 1985
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Houses: The Illustrated Guide to Construction, Design and ...
MANSARD ROOF MANY DORMERS COLORED GLASS WINDOWS MASSIVE CORNICE AND SUPPORTING BRACKETS DECORATIVE IRONWORK Nineteenth-Century American AMERICAN MANSARD OR SECOND EMPIRE STYLE ...
Henry Harrison, 1998
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Icons of Horror and the Supernatural: An Encyclopedia of Our ...
THE ICONIC HAUNTED HOUSE Ask someone to draw a haunted house and they will probably draw a house with a mansard roof. The word "mansard" refers to Frenchman Francois Mansart (1598-1666) of the Beaux Arts School of ...
S. T. Joshi, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MANSARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mansard is used in the context of the following news items.
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New Chapter House to open in August 2016 - The Ithaca Voice
It'll be a four-story building, modeled after the original building, which had a mansard-style roof." Dietz sent the below photo of the Chapter ... «The Ithaca Voice, Jul 15»
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Photos from Rail, River, Hudson 2015 | All Over Albany
... downtown Hudson. rail_river_hudson_2015_18.jpg. Gawking at some of the mansard roofs in Hudson. rail_river_hudson_2015_19.jpg. «alloveralbany, Jul 15»
3
Rich flavours of Budapest
It is full of echoes — the mansard roofs of Paris, epic statues in Heroes' Square of those who have fought for Hungarian freedoms. «The West Australian, Jul 15»
4
This development threatens small businesses and heritage in …
2015/1746/P: Erection of a mansard roof extension at 4th floor level, rear extension at lower ground and ground floor levels, with creation of 6 ... «Fitzrovia News, Jul 15»
5
Odd Center City building getting new owner
With its ornate columns, cornices, and balconies set into a stone-and-brick facade under a mansard roof, the Hale building has become an ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
Marathon council tentatively agrees to future architectural standards
Hip, gable, mansard and flat roof styles (no barrel tile roofs). Pastels and tropical colors only. Low-luminosity, solar or LED lights. Signs, over ... «KeysNet, Jul 15»
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A Look Back, July 19: Newton post office, opera house and New …
... having a prominent central pavilion projecting beyond the front of the building, a substantial Mansard roof, and limestone quoins used on the ... «New Jersey Herald, Jul 15»
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Nigerian stocks rises 0.48% with Transcorp, FBN Holdings, Mansard
The three most actively traded stocks were: Fidelity Bank (23.25mn), GT Bank (20.53mn) and Mansard (20.30mn), while the most actively ... «Naija247news, Jul 15»
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NSE index rises 0.48% with Fidelity Bank, GTBank, Mansard most …
The three most actively traded stocks were: Fidelity Bank (23.25mn), GT Bank (20.53mn) and Mansard (20.30mn), while the most actively ... «WorldStage, Jul 15»
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5 Middle-Market Deals in Africa That Are Making Waves in the US
... a 77 percent stake in Mansard Insurance — for $246 million. Axa is working with the World Bank to expand its insurance investments in Africa ... «Mergers & Acquisitions - The Middle Market, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mansard [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mansard>. Apr 2024 ».
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