different between lintel vs assets

English

Etymology

From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *l?ntellus, for *l?mitellus, diminutive noun from l?mes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?n.t?l/
• Rhymes: -?nt?l

Noun

lintel (plural lintels)

1. (architecture) A horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
   • 1915, W.S. Maugham, "Of Human Bondage":

     Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.

Synonyms

• overslay
• superliminary

Antonyms

• threshold

Coordinate terms

• jamb
• sill

Translations

Further reading

• Lintel (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “lintel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• lentil, tellin, tellin'

Galician

Etymology

From Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin limitalis, from Latin liminaris.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [lin?t?l]

Noun

lintel m (plural linteis)

1. lintel

   Synonym: lumieira

Related terms

• limiar

References

• “lintel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “lintel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “lintel” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Old French

Noun

lintel m (oblique plural linteaus or linteax or lintiaus or lintiax or lintels, nominative singular linteaus or linteax or lintiaus or lintiax or lintels, nominative plural lintel)

1. lintel (beam)

Descendants

• English: lintel (borrowed into Middle English)
• French: linteau
• Portuguese: lintel

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /l??t?w/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /l??t??/
• Hyphenation: lin?tel

Noun

lintel m (plural lintéis)

1. lintel

Coordinate terms

• parapeito

Spanish

Noun

lintel m (plural linteles)

1. lintel

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æsets/

Noun

assets

1. plural of asset

Noun

assets pl (normally plural, singular asset)

1. (finance) Any property or object of value that one possesses, usually considered as applicable to the payment of one's debts.

   His assets are much greater than his liabilities.

2. (accounting) The left side of a balance sheet.

   The assets must equal liabilities, otherwise there is an error in your balance sheet.

3. (law) Sufficient estate; property sufficient in the hands of an executor or heir to pay the debts or legacies of the testator or ancestor to satisfy claims against it.
4. Any goods or property properly available for the payment of a bankrupt's or a deceased person's obligations or debts.
5. (slang, vulgar, usually in the plural) Private parts; a woman's breasts or buttocks, or a man's genitalia.

Translations

Anagrams

• TESSAs, stases, tasses

Danish

Noun

assets n

1. definite genitive singular of as

Swedish

Noun

assets

1. definite genitive singular of ass