mansard roof

English

Noun

mansard roof (plural mansard roofs)

1. A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space.
2. A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.
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Translations

a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope

• Belarusian: манса́рда f (mansárda)
• Bulgarian: манса́рда f (mansárda)
• Finnish: aumattu taitekatto
• German: Mansarddach (de) n
• Macedonian: манса́рда f (mansárda)
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• Russian: манса́рда (ru) f (mansárda)
• Serbo-Croatian: манса́рда, mansárda (sh)
• Swedish: brutet tak n
• Ukrainian: манса́рда f (mansárda)