portique

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See also: Portique

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

portique

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin porticus. Doublet of porche.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔʁ.tik/
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Noun

portique m (plural portiques)

(architecture) portico
gantry
a type of crane
frame (of a swing, jungle gym etc.)
metal detector (at airport etc.)

Descendants

→ Dutch: portiek
→ English: portic

Further reading

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

Anagrams

tropique

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