attic

Signification (Anglais)

1. The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
2. (slang) A person's head or brain.

Concepts

grenier

mansarde

combles

attique

galetas

soupente

entrepôt

comble

pigeonnier

dôme

haricot

nouille

étage attique

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈætɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).

Phrases

The attic was dark and smelt of old dust .

Le grenier était sombre et sentait la vieille poussière.