thatch

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

stoppie

zazzera

paglia per la copertura di tetti

paglia

copertura di paglia

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

chaume

Dachstroh

colmo

paja

palha

Strohdach

caña

αχυροσκεπή

riet

toiture de chaume

stro

قش التسقيف

colmar

empalmar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/θæt͡ʃ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: thach

Ereditato da inglese antico: þæc

Affine islandese: þak

Affine olandese: dak

Affine tedesco: Dach

Affine norvegese: tak

Affine svedese: tak

Affine danese: tag

Affine latino: toga

Affine albanese: thak

Affine lituano: stogas

Affine greco antico: τέγος

Ereditato da inglese medio: thacchen

Ereditato da inglese antico: þeċċan

Affine frisone occidentale: dekke

Affine olandese: dekken

Affine tedesco: decken

Affine danese: tække

Affine svedese: 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.