contrefort

English

Noun

contrefort (plural contreforts)

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔʁ/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

contrefort m (plural contreforts)

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

Further reading

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