tegola

Meaning

tile (roofing)

Concepts

tile

roof tile

roofing tile

flagstone

shingle

rooftile

Synonyms

coppo

mattonella

piastrella

formella

embrice

mattone

lastra

Translations

tuile

Dachziegel

teja

telha

dakpan

teula

tegula

Ziegel

Fliese

teule

Dachpfanne

pan

Pfanne

carreau

Hyphenated as

té‧go‧la

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈte.ɡo.la/

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Latin tēgula as a semi-learned term, or simply evolved from the word while the doublet teglia developed from another variant without the 'u'. Compare French tuile, Portuguese telha and Spanish teja.