Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
andar amansardado
English translation:
mansard (roof) floor, top floor living space, roof floor
Added to glossary by
Todd Field
Aug 14, 2007 14:42
16 yrs ago
Portuguese term
United States
andar amansardado
Portuguese to English
Tech/Engineering
Architecture
From a European Portuguese text on the history of an 18th-century palace:
"Em 1969, a propriedade é adquirida pela (XXX) que no ano seguinte constrói um andar amansardado."
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
"Em 1969, a propriedade é adquirida pela (XXX) que no ano seguinte constrói um andar amansardado."
Any suggestions welcome. Thanks!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +1 | mansard (roof) floor, top floor living space, roof floor |
Norbert Hermann
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| 5 | manse-style floor |
Margarita Palatnik (X)
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Proposed translations
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mansard (roof) floor, top floor living space, roof floor
no último piso (andar amansardado)
piso amansardado: ultimo piso ... que apresenta paredes exteriores inclinadas
... here, mansarde – in other words the ceiling is the underside of the sloping roof. ... Back to Search Results | Modify search | new build | Back to top ...
Mansard - a roof with a double slope in which the top part is shallower
http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/roof.html
http://postaria.com/pipermail/itzul/2005-February/002655.htm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4699017.stm
Tall pair fail to raise the roof
... denied permission to raise the roof of their Aberdeenshire home. ... The Culberts had wanted to install a Mansard roof to their home as part of the extension. ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-14 15:45:37 GMT)
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here with picture:
http://www.roofingchildsplay.com/roof_basics/pitched_roofs.p...
The house with the mansard roof is something like a house with the highest floor completely roofed not only from the top but from all sides as well.
Mansard roof is a type of roof which lower part is almost vertical or has a very steep pitch. On the other hand, it´s upper (top) part is almost flat.
The mansard roofs got their namefrom the famous French architect Francois Mansart (do not change with the archit...
piso amansardado: ultimo piso ... que apresenta paredes exteriores inclinadas
... here, mansarde – in other words the ceiling is the underside of the sloping roof. ... Back to Search Results | Modify search | new build | Back to top ...
Mansard - a roof with a double slope in which the top part is shallower
http://www.trp.dundee.ac.uk/research/glossary/roof.html
http://postaria.com/pipermail/itzul/2005-February/002655.htm...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4699017.stm
Tall pair fail to raise the roof
... denied permission to raise the roof of their Aberdeenshire home. ... The Culberts had wanted to install a Mansard roof to their home as part of the extension. ...
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Note added at 1 hr (2007-08-14 15:45:37 GMT)
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here with picture:
http://www.roofingchildsplay.com/roof_basics/pitched_roofs.p...
The house with the mansard roof is something like a house with the highest floor completely roofed not only from the top but from all sides as well.
Mansard roof is a type of roof which lower part is almost vertical or has a very steep pitch. On the other hand, it´s upper (top) part is almost flat.
The mansard roofs got their namefrom the famous French architect Francois Mansart (do not change with the archit...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks, Hermann, and thanks, Margarita."
50 mins
manse-style floor
WasillaAt that time, a wood furnace with only one floor register heated the community .... bracing placed under the manse floor, and the furnace room completed. ...
www.yukonpresbytery.com/YukonPresbytery/Southcentral/Wasill... -
A Norman manse with theatrical élan - International Herald TribuneA Norman manse with theatrical élan. ... There are two guest bedrooms on the first floor; two guest/children's bedrooms and bath are linked by a gallery to ...
www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/08/news
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Note added at 57 mins (2007-08-14 15:39:57 GMT)
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it´s a type of attic-style floor, usually with windows on the tile roof in the front... also
"garret"
A room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic.
www.yukonpresbytery.com/YukonPresbytery/Southcentral/Wasill... -
A Norman manse with theatrical élan - International Herald TribuneA Norman manse with theatrical élan. ... There are two guest bedrooms on the first floor; two guest/children's bedrooms and bath are linked by a gallery to ...
www.iht.com/articles/2007/03/08/news
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Note added at 57 mins (2007-08-14 15:39:57 GMT)
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it´s a type of attic-style floor, usually with windows on the tile roof in the front... also
"garret"
A room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic.
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