architrave

See also: architravé

English

Section 5 is the architrave.

Etymology

First attested 1563, borrowed from Italian architrave, from archi- (“main”) + trave (“beam”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹ.kɪ.tɹeɪv/
• enPR: ärʹkĭ-trāv′

Noun

architrave (plural architraves)

1. (architecture) The lowest part of an entablature; rests on the capitals of the columns.
2. (architecture) The moldings (or other elements) framing a door, window or other rectangular opening.
   • 2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 17:

     I know that one hinge of this door has parted with the woodwork. Dry rot has turned the architrave to compacted dust.

Translations

the lowest part of an entablature

• Basque: arkitrabe
• Belarusian: архітра́ў m (arxitráŭ)
• Bulgarian: архитра́в m (arhitráv)
• Catalan: arquitrau (ca) m
• Danish: gerigt (da) c, arkitrav (da) c
• Dutch: architraaf (nl)
• Esperanto: arkitravo
• Finnish: arkkitraavi (fi)
• French: architrave (fr) f
• Greek: επιστύλιο (el) n (epistýlio)
• Italian: architrave (it)
• Latin: epistȳlium n
• Macedonian: а́рхитрав m (árhitrav)
• Polish: architraw (pl) m
• Portuguese: arquitrave (pt) f
• Russian: архитра́в (ru) m (arxitráv)
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese: frontale, cambràna, croimèntu

  Logudorese: frontale

• Sassarese: liminaggiu
• Serbo-Croatian: arhitrav (sh)
• Spanish: arquitrabe (es) m
• Swedish: arkitrav (sv)
• Ukrainian: архітрав (uk) m (arxitrav)

See also

• beam
• lintel

French

Etymology

1528, borrowed from Italian architrave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.ʃi.tʁav/

Noun

architrave f (plural architraves)

1. architrave

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From archi- +‎ trave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ar.kiˈtra.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧trà‧ve

Noun

architrave m (plural architravi)

1. architrave
2. template

Descendants

• → English: architrave
• → French: architrave
• → Polish: architraw
• → Spanish: arquitrabe