transept
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English
Etymology
From French transept, from New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- (“across”) + saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹænsɛpt/, /ˈtɹɑːnsɛpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
transept (plural transepts)
- (architecture) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
- Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
Derived terms
Translations
transversal part of a church
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Anagrams
French
Noun
transept m (plural transepts)
Further reading
- “transept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French transept.
Pronunciation
Noun
transept m inan (related adjective transeptowy)
- (architecture) transept (transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir)
- Hypernym: nawa
Declension
Declension of transept
singular | plural | |
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nominative | transept | transepty |
genitive | transeptu | transeptów |
dative | transeptowi | transeptom |
accusative | transept | transepty |
instrumental | transeptem | transeptami |
locative | transepcie | transeptach |
vocative | transepcie | transepty |
Further reading
- transept in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- transept in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- transept in PWN's encyclopedia
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French transept.
Noun
transept n (plural transepturi)
Declension
singular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | transept | transeptul | transepturi | transepturile | |
genitive-dative | transept | transeptului | transepturi | transepturilor | |
vocative | transeptule | transepturilor |
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