Complete Definition of "roof"

English

Etymology
Old English hrof|hr�f.

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�f|-�f, Rhymes:English:-u�f|-u�f

Noun
en-noun

  1. the cover at top of a building
  2. the upper part of a cavity

#:The palate is the roof of the mouth.
#:Archaeologists discovered that the cave's roof was decked with paintings.

Translations
trans-top|the cover at the top of a building
Afrikaans: dak
Arabic: ARchar|س�� IPAchar|(saqf) m
Bosnian: krov m
Bulgarian: пок�ив (pokriv) m
Catalan: teulada f
Chinese: ��, �顶 (wūd�ng)
Crimean Tatar: dam
Croatian: krov m
Czech: st�echa f
Danish: tag n
Dutch: dak n
Estonian: katus
Finnish: katto, ulkokatto
French: toit m
German: Dach n
Hindi: �त (chhat) f
Hungarian: tet�, háztet�
Icelandic: þak n
Ido: tekto
Indonesian: atap
trans-mid
Italian: tetto m
Japanese: �根 (yane)
Korean: �� (jibung)
Kurdish: KUchar|با�, KUchar|س��ربا�
Latvian: jumts m
Norwegian: tak n
Old English: hrof|hr�f m
Polish: dach m, sklepienie n
Portuguese: telhado m
Romanian: acoperi� n
Russian: к���а (krýša) f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: к�ов m
:Roman: krov m
Slovak: strecha f
Slovene: streha f
Spanish: techo m
Swahili: paa (nc 5/6)
Swedish: tak n
Telugu: �ప�ప� (kappu)
Turkish: çatı, örtü
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trans-top|the upper part of a cavity
Afrikaans: dak
Bosnian: nepce n
Czech: st�echa f
Dutch: dak n
Finnish: katto, ulkokatto
French: toit m
Indonesian: atap
Old English: hrof|hr�f m
Polish: strop m, sklepienie n
trans-mid
Portuguese: telhado m
Russian: �вод (svod) m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: неп�е n
:Roman: nepce n
Slovene: nebo n
Swedish: tak n
Turkish: tavan
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Verb
to roof

  1. to cover or furnish with a roof

Translations
German: überdachen (1)

Category:1000 English basic words


Dutch

Noun
roof m

  1. robbery, robbing, banditry

Verb
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  1. first person singular present tense of roven

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