buttress

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• UK: /ˈbʌtɹəs/
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• US: /ˈbʌtɹɪs/
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• CMU ARPABET: B AH1 T R AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old French ars bouterez (noun, literally “supporting arcs”), from bouterez (adjective), oblique plural of bouteret (rare in the singular), from Frankish *bôtan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to push”). Ultimately cognate with beat.

120 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: контрафорс (kontrafors) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Catalan: contrafort — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Czech: opěrný pilíř — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Dutch: stut — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Dutch: steun — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Dutch: beer — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Dutch: steunbeer — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Finnish: tukipilari — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• French: arc-boutant — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• French: contrefort — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Galician: contraforte — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Stützpfeiler — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Strebepfeiler — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Gewölbepfeiler — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Pfeiler — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Gegenlager — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• German: Strebewerk — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Greek: αντηρίδα (antirída) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Italian: contrafforte — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Italian: contrafforti — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Italian: sperone — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Latin: erisma — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Macedonian: потпорка (potporka) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Macedonian: контрафор (kontrafor) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Norwegian: støtte — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Polish: przypora — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Portuguese: botaréu — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Portuguese: contraforte — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Romanian: contrafort — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Russian: контрфорс (kontrfors) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Serbo-Croatian: potporanj — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Slovak: oporný pilier — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Spanish: boterete — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Spanish: contrafuerte — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Spanish: estantal — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Spanish: machón — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Spanish: estribo — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Swedish: stötta — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Swedish: strävpelare — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Ukrainian: контрфо́рс (kontrfórs) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Ukrainian: підпо́ра (pidpóra) — brick or stone structure built against another structure to support it
• Armenian: նեցուկ (necʻuk) — anything that serves to support something
• Armenian: հենարան (henaran) — anything that serves to support something
• Bulgarian: опора (opora) — anything that serves to support something
• Bulgarian: подпора (podpora) — anything that serves to support something
• Czech: opora — anything that serves to support something
• Dutch: stut — anything that serves to support something
• Dutch: steun — anything that serves to support something
• Finnish: tuki — anything that serves to support something
• French: appui — anything that serves to support something
• French: corroboration — anything that serves to support something
• German: Stütze — anything that serves to support something
• German: Strebe — anything that serves to support something
• German: Aussteifung — anything that serves to support something
• German: Abstützung — anything that serves to support something
• German: Stempel — anything that serves to support something
• Italian: supporto — anything that serves to support something
• Italian: corroborazione — anything that serves to support something
• Italian: sperone — anything that serves to support something
• Macedonian: потпора (potpora) — anything that serves to support something
• Māori: hirinaki — anything that serves to support something
• Māori: whirinaki — anything that serves to support something
• Māori: kaumahaki — anything that serves to support something
• Norwegian: støtte — anything that serves to support something
• Polish: podpora — anything that serves to support something
• Portuguese: contraforte — anything that serves to support something
• Portuguese: apoio — anything that serves to support something
• Portuguese: proteção — anything that serves to support something
• Portuguese: anteparo — anything that serves to support something
• Portuguese: reforço — anything that serves to support something
• Russian: подпорка (podporka) — anything that serves to support something
• Russian: опо́ра (opóra) — anything that serves to support something
• Serbo-Croatian: potporanj — anything that serves to support something
• Serbo-Croatian: podupirač — anything that serves to support something
• Spanish: sostén — anything that serves to support something
• Spanish: apoyo — anything that serves to support something
• Spanish: refuerzo — anything that serves to support something
• Swedish: stötta — anything that serves to support something
• Ottoman Turkish: پاینده (payende, payanda) — anything that serves to support something
• Ukrainian: опо́ра (opóra) — anything that serves to support something
• Ukrainian: підтри́мка (pidtrýmka) — anything that serves to support something
• Bulgarian: рид (rid) — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Vorsprung — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Vorbau — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Klippe — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Felsspitze — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Felsenspitze — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• German: Felsvorsprung — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• Italian: sperone — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• Portuguese: contraforte — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• Spanish: contrafuerte — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• Spanish: estribo — feature jutting out from mountain; crag, bluff
• Bulgarian: подпирам (podpiram) — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Dutch: stutten — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Dutch: ondersteunen — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Finnish: tukea — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• French: arc-bouter — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• German: stützen — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• German: verstärken — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Macedonian: потпира (potpira) — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Norwegian: støtte — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Serbo-Croatian: poduprijeti — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Serbo-Croatian: podboltati — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Spanish: apuntalar — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Swedish: stötta — support something physically with, or as if with, a buttress
• Bulgarian: поддържам (poddǎržam) — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Dutch: ondersteunen — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Dutch: onderbouwen — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Finnish: tukea — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• French: corroborer — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• German: stützen — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• German: untermauern — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Italian: appoggiare — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Italian: sostenere — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Italian: rafforzare — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Italian: corroborare — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Macedonian: поддржува (poddržuva) — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Norwegian: understøtte — support something or someone by supplying evidence
• Spanish: afianzar — support something or someone by supplying evidence