contrefort

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔʁ/

Noun

contrefort m (plural contreforts)

foothills (hilly land near the base of a mountain range)
(architecture) buttress

Further reading

“contrefort” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.