different between lintel vs trilithon

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): /?t?a?.l?.??n/

Noun

trilithon (plural trilithons or trilitha)

1. A structure consisting of two stone pillars supporting a horizontal stone.
   • 1846, Edward Duke, The Druidical Temples of the County of Wilts, page 158,

     […] thus the two opposite trilithons which are nearest to the north-west or grand entrance, were 19 feet in height, the two next opposite trilithons correspond in the height of 20 feet 3 inches, and the trilithon at the back of the stone of astronomic observation, or as erringly called the Altar-stone, raised its ascent to the astonishing height of 25 feet.

   • 1983, Hans van der Laan, Architectonic Space: Fifteen Lessons on the Disposition of the Human Habitat, page 193,

     The two trilithons forming the wall on each side of the cella therefore pass on the mutual neighbourhood to each other, despite the fact that they are set a slight distance apart. But owing to the oblique placing of the pair of trilithons nearest the head-end the spread is greatly reduced on that side; the head-trilithon stands at the exact spot where it ceases.

   • 2007, Brad Olsen, Sacred Places Europe: 108 Destinations, Consortium of Collective Consciousness, page 45,

     Within the sarsen circle are the five impressive trilithons, forming a horseshoe-shaped ring of huge stones.

   • 2009, John Beer, Romanticism, Revolution and Language: The Fate of the Word from Samuel Johnson to George Eliot, Cambridge University Press, page 84,

     […] whereas the four-square gallows would have been more likely to suggest to his contemporary Blake, who normally used symbolism for its own sake, a resemblance to one of the four-square trilitha at Stonehenge.

Synonyms

• (two stone pillars supporting a third stone): trilith

Meronyms

• posts
• lintel

See also

• cromlech
• menhir