spire

(Engels)

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.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spaɪə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: spire

Overgenomen van Oudengels: spīr

Verwant aan Nederlands: spier

Verwant aan Duits: Spier

Verwant aan Deens: spir

Verwant aan Noors: spir

Verwant aan Zweeds: spira

Verwant aan IJslands: 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.

Concepten

spits

torenspits

top

🔝

toppunt

🔝

toren

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

flèche

Turmspitze

guglia

aguja

chapitel

iglica

agulha

flecha

flecha

pináculo

Turm

topo

🔝

espira

agulla

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