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Summary

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buttress:
- poutre; traverse; étai; appui; support; tréteau; contrefort; contre-fiche
Wiktionary:
- buttress → corroborer, arc-bouter, accoter, appuyer, arcbouter
- buttress → appui, corroboration, contrefort, arc-boutant

English

Detailed Translations for buttress from English to French

buttress:

buttress [the ~] nom

the buttress (supporting beam; joist)
la poutre; la traverse
- poutre [la ~] nom
- traverse [la ~] nom
the buttress (support)
l'étai; l'appui; le support; le tréteau
- étai [le ~] nom
- appui [le ~] nom
- support [le ~] nom
- tréteau [le ~] nom
the buttress (support)
le contrefort
- contrefort [le ~] nom
the buttress (supporting beam; joist; support; prop)
la contre-fiche
- contre-fiche [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for buttress:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
appui	buttress; support	aid; anchor; assistance; crutch; help; indication; lead; mainstay; pointer; rest; starting point; suggestion; support; window-sill
contre-fiche	buttress; joist; prop; support; supporting beam
contrefort	buttress; support
poutre	buttress; joist; supporting beam	beam; crossbeam; frame; rafter; roofbeam; supporting-beam; truss
support	buttress; support	aid; assistance; basal area; bogie; chassis; cheers; encouragement; encouraging; help; indication; landing gear; lead; leg; lower part; pointer; prop; putting on; rest; shore; stand; starting point; stay; stimulation; stipule; substructure; suggestion; support; switching on; turning on; turning up; undercarriage; urging; urging on
traverse	buttress; joist; supporting beam	bar; beam; collar beam; cross-beam; crossbeam; mullion; traverse
tréteau	buttress; support	chassis; leg; prop; shore; stand; support
étai	buttress; support
-	buttressing
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	mainstay; pillar

Related Words for "buttress":

buttresses

Synonyms for "buttress":

buttressing; support
reinforce; reenforce
strengthen; beef up; fortify

Related Definitions for "buttress":

a support usually of stone or brick; supports the wall of a building¹
make stronger or defensible¹
- buttress your thesis¹
reinforce with a buttress¹

Wiktionary Translations for buttress:

buttress

verb

support something or someone by supplying evidence
- buttress → corroborer
support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
- buttress → arc-bouter

noun

anything that serves to support something
- buttress → appui; corroboration
brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
- buttress → contrefort; arc-boutant

buttress

verb

appuyer d’un côté pour soutenir.
- accoter → lean; support; sustain; bolster; buttress; prop; underpin; rest; back
placer contre quelque chose.
- appuyer → support; sustain; countenance; espouse; maintain; uphold; second; back; stand by; lean; bolster; buttress; prop; underpin; rest
soutenir au moyen d’un arcboutant.
- arcbouter → buttress

noun

Ce qui sert à soutenir une chose ou une personne pour l’empêcher de tomber, de chanceler, etc.
- appui → prop; support; buttress; rest; strut; stanchion; back; backing
Mur servant d’appui à un autre
- contrefort → buttress; abutment

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