different between lintel vs wallplate

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

Noun

wallplate (plural wallplates)

1. Alternative form of wall plate