spire

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (archaic) The stalk or stem of a plant.
2. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
3. Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
4. A sharp or tapering point.
5. A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
6. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
7. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.

Verb

1. to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate.
2. To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally.
3. (transitive) To furnish with a spire.

Verb

To breathe.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/spaɪə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: spire

Heretat de anglès antic: spīr

Cognat amb neerlandès: spier

Cognat amb alemany: Spier

Cognat amb danès: spir

Cognat amb noruec: spir

Cognat amb suec: spira

Cognat amb islandès: spíra

In summary

From Middle English spire, spyre, spier, spir, from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīrō, *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”). Cognate with Dutch spier, German Low German Spier, German Spier, Spiere, Danish spir, Norwegian spir and spire, Swedish spira, Icelandic spíra.

Conceptes

agulla

pinacle

capitell

cuculla

Sinònims

steeple

tower

pinnacle

spiral

summit

coil

belfry

dome

helical line

helix

keep

lighthouse

minaret

obelisk

pagoda

panicle

rook

tall building

spiral line

aiguille

highest point

broach

campanile

castle

🏰

conchoid

crown

👑

cupola