french roof

French roof

F f

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [french roof, roo f]
- /frɛntʃ ruf, rʊf/
- /frentʃ ruːf/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french roof, roo f]
- /frɛntʃ ruf, rʊf/

Definitions of french roof words

noun french roof a mansard roof the sides of which are nearly perpendicular. 1
noun french roof A modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope. 0

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Origin of french roof

First appearance:

before 1660

One of the 46% oldest English words

First recorded in 1660-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for French roof

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French roof

french roof popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.