contrefort

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

contrefort (plural contreforts)

Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)

French[edit]

French Wikipedia has an article on:

contrefort

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔʁ/

Noun[edit]

contrefort m (plural contreforts)

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

Further reading[edit]

“contrefort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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