Phrase guide

roof tile

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any tile designed to be used for the external part of a roof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A ridge tile, a tile for the ridge of a roof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: dakpan — tile covering a roof
  • Belarusian: дахоўка (daxówka) — tile covering a roof
  • Bengali: টালি (ṭali) — tile covering a roof
  • Bulgarian: кереми́да (keremída) — tile covering a roof
  • Czech: taška — tile covering a roof
  • Dutch: dakpan — tile covering a roof
  • Esperanto: tegolo — tile covering a roof
  • Faroese: taksteinur — tile covering a roof
  • Finnish: kattotiili — tile covering a roof
  • French: tuile — tile covering a roof
  • German: Dachziegel — tile covering a roof
  • German: Dachpfanne — tile covering a roof
  • Hebrew: רעף (rá'af) — tile covering a roof
  • Hungarian: tetőcserép — tile covering a roof
  • Italian: tegola — tile covering a roof
  • Japanese: 瓦 (kawara) — tile covering a roof
  • Japanese: 甍 (iraka) — tile covering a roof
  • Korean: 기와 (giwa) — tile covering a roof
  • Latin: tēgula — tile covering a roof
  • Luxembourgish: Daachzill — tile covering a roof
  • Macedonian: ќерамида (ḱeramida) — tile covering a roof
  • Malay: genting — tile covering a roof
  • Malay: atap genting — tile covering a roof
  • Māori: tāpatu — tile covering a roof
  • Norwegian Bokmål: takstein — tile covering a roof
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: takstein — tile covering a roof
  • Occitan: teule — tile covering a roof
  • Old English: þæctiġele — tile covering a roof
  • Polish: dachówka — tile covering a roof
  • Portuguese: telha — tile covering a roof
  • Romanian: țiglă — tile covering a roof
  • Russian: черепи́ца (čerepíca) — tile covering a roof
  • Sicilian: ciaramida — tile covering a roof
  • Slovene: strešnik — tile covering a roof
  • Slovene: korec — tile covering a roof
  • Spanish: teja — tile covering a roof
  • Spanish: calamina — tile covering a roof
  • Turkish: kiremit — tile covering a roof
  • Ottoman Turkish: كرمید (kiremid) — tile covering a roof
  • Vietnamese: ngói — tile covering a roof