steeple

English

A steeple.

Alternative forms

• steple (obsolete)

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English stēpel from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English stīepel, akin to Old English stēap.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈstiːpəl/
• Rhymes: -iːpəl

Noun

steeple (plural steeples)

1. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
2. A spire.
3. (historical) A high headdress of the 14th century.

Derived terms

• steepleless

Translations

a tall tower, often on a church

• Basque: orratz
• Catalan: campanar (ca) m
• Dutch: kerktoren (nl) m
• Esperanto: preĝejturo
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: kirkontorni, kellotapuli (fi)
• French: clocher (fr) m
• German: Kirchturm (de) m
• Hungarian: templomtorony (hu), torony (hu)
• Icelandic: kirkjuturn m
• Italian: campanile (it) m
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• Japanese: 尖塔 (せんとう, sentō)
• Maori: koeko
• Portuguese: campanário (pt) m, torre sineira f
• Romanian: turlă (ro) f, clopotniță (ro) f
• Romansch: clutger m (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran), clucher m (Puter, Vallader)
• Russian: колоко́льня (ru) f (kolokólʹnja)
• Serbo-Croatian: zvonik (sh) m, звоник m
• Spanish: campanario (es) m
• Swedish: kyrktorn (sv) n
• Ukrainian: дзвіни́ця (uk) f (dzvinýcja)

spire — see spire

Verb

1. (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.

   He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.

Derived terms

• steepled

Translations

to form into the shape of a steeple

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Anagrams

• Teeples, peelest