rafter

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɑːftəː/
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• Received-Pronunciation: [ˈɹwɑːftəː]
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈɹæftɚ/
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• Canada, General-American: [ˈɹwæftɚ] ~ [ˈɹwæftɹ̩]
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• rhymes with -ɑːftə(ɹ)
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• rhymes with -æftə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: R AE1 F T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Old English ræfter, of Germanic origin, related to the origin of raft.

From raft + -er.

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: tra — one of a series of sloped beams
• Armenian: ծպեղ (cpeġ) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Bulgarian: мертек (mertek) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Catalan: biga — one of a series of sloped beams
• Catalan: jàssena — one of a series of sloped beams
• Catalan: jàssera — one of a series of sloped beams
• Chinese Mandarin: 椽 (chuán) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Chinese Mandarin: 椽子 (chuánzi) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Czech: krokev — one of a series of sloped beams
• Dalmatian: trua — one of a series of sloped beams
• Danish: spær — one of a series of sloped beams
• Danish: tagspær — one of a series of sloped beams
• Dutch: dakspant — one of a series of sloped beams
• Esperanto: ĉevrono — one of a series of sloped beams
• Estonian: sarikas — one of a series of sloped beams
• Finnish: selkäpuu — one of a series of sloped beams
• Finnish: yläpaarre — one of a series of sloped beams
• French: chevron — one of a series of sloped beams
• Galician: cango — one of a series of sloped beams
• Galician: tesoira — one of a series of sloped beams
• German: Sparren — one of a series of sloped beams
• German: Tilbaum — one of a series of sloped beams
• Ancient Greek: στρωτήρ (strōtḗr) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Hawaiian: kua — one of a series of sloped beams
• Hawaiian: oʻa — one of a series of sloped beams
• Hungarian: tetőgerenda — one of a series of sloped beams
• Hungarian: szarufa — one of a series of sloped beams
• Irish: rachta — one of a series of sloped beams
• Italian: passafuori — one of a series of sloped beams
• Italian: trave — one of a series of sloped beams
• Italian: puntone — one of a series of sloped beams
• Japanese: 垂木 (taruki) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Kikuyu: mũitĩrĩro — one of a series of sloped beams
• Korean: 서까래 (seokkarae) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Central Kurdish: کاریتە (karîte) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Northern Kurdish: karîte — one of a series of sloped beams
• Latin: trabs — one of a series of sloped beams
• Lithuanian: gegnė — one of a series of sloped beams
• Macedonian: сплав (splav) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Macedonian: скеле (skele) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Macedonian: чатма (čatma) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Malay: kasau — one of a series of sloped beams
• Mansaka: kasaw — one of a series of sloped beams
• Māori: heke — one of a series of sloped beams
• Māori: nehe — one of a series of sloped beams
• Māori: oka — one of a series of sloped beams
• Middle English: sparre — one of a series of sloped beams
• Khiamniungan Naga: tīuthùap kîe — one of a series of sloped beams
• Norman: crévon — one of a series of sloped beams
• Occitan: cabiron — one of a series of sloped beams
• Old English: ræfter — one of a series of sloped beams
• Persian: فرسپ (farasp) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Plautdietsch: Baulkjen — one of a series of sloped beams
• Plautdietsch: Spoa — one of a series of sloped beams
• Plautdietsch: Dakspoa — one of a series of sloped beams
• Polish: krokiew — one of a series of sloped beams
• Old Polish: krokiew — one of a series of sloped beams
• Portuguese: caibro — one of a series of sloped beams
• Portuguese: viga — one of a series of sloped beams
• Portuguese: trave — one of a series of sloped beams
• Rarotongan: oka — one of a series of sloped beams
• Romanian: căprior — one of a series of sloped beams
• Russian: стропи́ло (stropílo) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Russian: ба́лка (bálka) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Scottish Gaelic: cabar — one of a series of sloped beams
• Slovak: krokva — one of a series of sloped beams
• Spanish: viga — one of a series of sloped beams
• Spanish: jácena — one of a series of sloped beams
• Swedish: taksparre — one of a series of sloped beams
• Swedish: sparre — one of a series of sloped beams
• Tagalog: balakilan — one of a series of sloped beams
• Tamil: கைமரம் (kaimaram) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Tamil: கை (kai) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Telugu: వాసము (vāsamu) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Thai: จันทัน (jan-tan) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Turkish: mertek — one of a series of sloped beams
• Ottoman Turkish: مرتك (mertek) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Ukrainian: кроква (krokva) — one of a series of sloped beams
• Welsh: tulath — one of a series of sloped beams
• Welsh: ceibren — one of a series of sloped beams