thatch

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
2. (Caribbean, countable, uncountable) Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
3. (countable, uncountable) A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn.
4. (broadly, countable, uncountable) Any straw-like material, such as a person's hair.

Verb

To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.

Sinonieme

roof

straw

grass

roof covering

cover

haulm

covering

thatched roof

shack

shingle

square

thatching

thatched house

thatch roof

be roofed with

cover with roofing

straw roofing

cover fully

blade of grass

straw roof

bunch

cover up

cupola

dome

herbs

mulch

rushes

Vertalings

chaume

paja

Dachstroh

colmo

palha

Strohdach

riet

stro

stoppie

toiture de chaume

αχυροσκεπή

zazzera

قش التسقيف

paglia per la copertura di tetti

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/θæt͡ʃ/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: thach

Geërf van Old English: þæc

Verwante met Yslands: þak

Verwante met Nederlands: dak

Verwante met Duits: Dach

Verwante met Noors: tak

Verwante met Sweeds: tak

Verwante met Deens: tag

Verwante met Latyn: toga

Verwante met Albanees: thak

Verwante met Litaus: stogas

Verwante met Antieke Grieks: τέγος

Geërf van Middle English: thacchen

Geërf van Old English: þeċċan

Verwante met Fries: dekke

Verwante met Nederlands: dekken

Verwante met Duits: decken

Verwante met Deens: tække

Verwante met Sweeds: täcka

In summary

Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).
Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.