Etymology

mansard

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Today it means: having two slopes on each side, the lower being steeper than the upper Full definition →

French mansarde
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  1. French · borrowed frommansarde
  2. English todaymansard

Borrowed from French mansarde, from Francois Mansart, French architect.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.