charpente

See also: charpenté

French

Etymology

Either from charpenter, or directly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French charpent (itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin carpentum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

charpente f (plural charpentes)

1. framework
2. build (of person)

Verb

charpente

1. first-person singular present indicative of charpenter
2. third-person singular present indicative of charpenter
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of charpenter
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of charpenter
5. second-person singular imperative of charpenter

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• repêchant