steeple

English

A steeple.

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Alternative forms

• steple (obsolete)

Etymology

Middle English stepel from Old English stipel, stypel, stepel, akin to Old English steap.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈstiːpəl/, X-SAMPA: /"sti:p@l/
• Rhymes: -iːpəl

Noun

steeple (plural steeples)

1. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
2. A spire.

Translations

a tower on a church

• Catalan: campanar (ca) m
• Dutch: kerktoren (nl) m
• Esperanto: preĝejturo (eo)
• Finnish: kirkontorni (fi), kellotapuli (fi)
• French: clocher (fr) m
• German: Kirchturm (de) m

• Icelandic: kirkjuturn (is) m
• Romansch: clutger (rm) m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), clucher (rm) m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: колокольня (ru) (kolokólʹnja) f
• Serbo-Croatian: zvonik (sh) m, звоник (sh) m
• Spanish: campanario (es) m
• Swedish: kyrktorn (sv) n

spire — see spire

Verb

steeple (third-person singular simple present steeples, present participle steepling, simple past and past participle steepled)

1. (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.

   He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.