Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Jan 9, 2005 23:05
19 yrs ago
English term
undercroft
English to French
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
taking place in England in 1807 (or thereabouts)
The kitchen was very much like the undercroft of a great church.
sous-bassement?
sous-bassement?
Proposed translations
(French)
| 5 +7 | crypte |
Andreina Baiano
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| 5 | sous-crypte |
Anna Maria Augustine (X)
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Proposed translations
+7
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Andreina Baiano
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crypte
Tout simplement.
plain room under a domestic building of a medieval house or castle most often used as storage.
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Note added at 14 mins (2005-01-09 23:19:49 GMT)
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undercroft
\\un\"der*croft\\ (?), n. [under + prov. e. croft a vault; cf. od. krochte crypt, and e. crypt.] (arch.) a subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.
plain room under a domestic building of a medieval house or castle most often used as storage.
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undercroft
\\un\"der*croft\\ (?), n. [under + prov. e. croft a vault; cf. od. krochte crypt, and e. crypt.] (arch.) a subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.
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Comment: "crypte est parfait - merci
ou je devrais dire crypte parfaite ;-)"
5 mins
sous-crypte
un·der·croft (ndr-krôft, -krft)
n.
A crypt, especially one used for burial under a church.
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[Middle English : under-, under- + croft, crypt (from Middle Dutch crofte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta, crypt; see crypt).]
n.
A crypt, especially one used for burial under a church.
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[Middle English : under-, under- + croft, crypt (from Middle Dutch crofte, from Medieval Latin crupta, from Latin crypta, crypt; see crypt).]
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