belfry

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• /ˈbɛlfɹi/
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From Middle English belfry, bellfray, belfray, berfrey, barfray, from Old French belfroi, berfroi, berfrey, from Late Latin berfrēdus, from Frankish *bergafriþu, from Proto-Germanic *bergafriþuz, equivalent to barrow + frith. English forms containing bel- as opposed to ber- were preferred due to false association with English bell. Cognate with Middle High German bërcvrit, bërvrit (“defensive tower”) (modern German Bergfried), Middle Dutch bergfrede, bergfert. Doublet of bergfried.

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: камбанария (kambanarija) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Catalan: campanar — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Chinese Mandarin: 鐘樓 /钟楼 (zhōnglóu) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Danish: klokketårn — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Dutch: klokkentoren — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Dutch: belfort — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Finnish: kellotorni — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• French: beffroi — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Friulian: cjampanîli — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Friulian: cjampanili — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Friulian: cjampanîl — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Friulian: cjampanil — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• German: Glockenturm — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Greek: καμπαναριό (kampanarió) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Greek: κωδωνοστάσιο (kodonostásio) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Hungarian: harangtorony — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Irish: clogás — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Istriot: canpaneîl — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Istriot: canpanèil — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Italian: campanile — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Japanese: 鐘楼 (shōrō) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Macedonian: камбанарија (kambanarija) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Manx: claggys — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Manx: thie cluig — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Manx: shamyr chluig — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Māori: pourewa pere — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзвонїца (dzvonjica) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Polish: dzwonnica — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Portuguese: campanário — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Portuguese: torre sineira — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Romansh: clutger — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Romansh: clucher — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Russian: колоко́льня (kolokólʹnja) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Spanish: campanil — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Spanish: campanario — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Spanish: clochel — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Spanish: espadaña — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Swedish: klocktorn — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Swedish: klockstapel — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Tagalog: batingawan — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Ottoman Turkish: چاكلق (çañlık) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Ukrainian: дзвіни́ця (dzvinýcja) — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Venetan: canpanil — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Venetan: canpanile — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Venetan: canpanièl — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Venetan: canpaniłe — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Welsh: clochdy — tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church
• Bulgarian: камбанария (kambanarija) — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Finnish: kellotorni — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• French: clocher — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• German: Glockenstube — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Greek: κωδωνοστάσιο (kodonostásio) — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Hungarian: harangtorony — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Irish: clogás — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Japanese: 鐘楼 (shōrō) — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Māori: pourewa pere — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Norwegian Bokmål: klokkerom — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Norwegian Nynorsk: klokkerom — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Pannonian Rusyn: дзвонїца (dzvonjica) — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Portuguese: campanário — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Romansh: clutger — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Romansh: clucher — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Spanish: campanario — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Spanish: espadaña — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Spanish: campanil — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Spanish: clochel — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Tagalog: batingawan — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Ottoman Turkish: چاكلق (çañlık) — part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells
• Bulgarian: обсадна кула (obsadna kula) — moveable tower used in sieges
• Chinese Mandarin: 攻城塔 — moveable tower used in sieges
• Finnish: piiritystorni — moveable tower used in sieges
• French: beffroi — moveable tower used in sieges
• German: Belagerungsturm — moveable tower used in sieges
• Bulgarian: наблюдателна кула (nabljudatelna kula) — watchtower containing an alarm-bell
• Chinese Mandarin: 瞭望塔 /了望塔 — watchtower containing an alarm-bell
• Dutch: belfort — watchtower containing an alarm-bell
• Finnish: kellotorni — watchtower containing an alarm-bell
• French: beffroi — watchtower containing an alarm-bell
• German: Bergfried — watchtower containing an alarm-bell