transept
English
editEtymology
editFrom French transept, from New Latin transeptum, from Latin trans- (“across”) + saeptum (“fence, partition, enclosure”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈtɹænsɛpt/, /ˈtɹɑːnsɛpt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
edittransept (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
editTranslations
edittransversal part of a church
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Anagrams
editFrench
editNoun
edittransept m (plural transepts)
Further reading
edit- “transept”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French transept, from New Latin transeptum.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittransept m inan
Declension
editDeclension 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 |
Derived terms
editadjective
Further reading
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French transept.
Noun
edittransept n (plural transepturi)
Declension
editDeclension of transept
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) transept | transeptul | (niște) transepturi | transepturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) transept | transeptului | (unor) transepturi | transepturilor |
vocative | transeptule | transepturilor |
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