contrefort

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔʁ/

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.