arc-boutant

See also: arcboutant

English

Alternative forms

arc boutant

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French arc-boutant.

Noun

arc-boutant (plural arc-boutants)

(architecture) Synonym of flying buttress

Translations

flying buttress — see flying buttress

French

Alternative forms

arcboutant

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʁk.bu.tɑ̃/
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Noun

arc-boutant m (plural arcs-boutants)

(architecture) flying buttress

Descendants

→ Catalan: arcbotant
→ English: arc-boutant
→ Portuguese: arcobotante
→ Spanish: arbotante

Participle

arc-boutant

present participle of arc-bouter

Further reading

“arc-boutant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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