voûte

See also: voute, vouté, and voûté

French

Alternative forms

• voute (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Inherited from Old French volte, from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, for Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Compare Italian volta; cf. also Spanish bóveda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vut/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ut

Noun

voûte f (plural voûtes)

1. (architecture) arch
2. (architecture) vault

Derived terms

• clef de voûte
• voûte céleste
• voûte d’ogives
• voûte palatine

 

Further reading

• “voûte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.