Meanings
lintel1
plural lintels
- architectureA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel,
1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 1071 more example
Athelny had told him that he lived in a house built by Inigo Jones; he had raved, as he raved over everything, over the balustrade of old oak; and when he came down to open the door for Philip he made him at once admire the elegant carving of the lintel.
1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter LXXXVII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLCSynonyms: overslay, superliminary, header
Lintel2
- computingThe computing environment of the Linux operating system running on an Intel CPU; mostly in a server.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA horizontal structural beam spanning an opening, such as between the uprights of a door or a window, and which supports the wall above.
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Origin
lintel · noun
- Old Frenchlintel
- Middle Englishlyntel
- Englishlintel
From Middle English lyntel, from Old French lintel, from Vulgar Latin *līntellus, for *līmitellus, diminutive noun from līmes. Equivalent to limit + -el.
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Ancient Greek ὑπερθύριον, φλιᾶς
- ὑπερθύριον (huperthúrion)horizontal structural beam
- φλιᾶς (phliâs)horizontal structural beam
Bulgarian трегер
- трегер (treger)horizontal structural beam
Catalan llinda
- llindahorizontal structural beam
Chinese Mandarin 過梁 /过梁, 橫楣子 /横楣子
- 過梁 /过梁 (guòliáng)horizontal structural beam
- 橫楣子 /横楣子 (héngméizi)horizontal structural beam
- 闌頭 /阑头 (lántóu)horizontal structural beam
- 門斗 /门斗 (méndǒu)horizontal structural beam
- 門楣 /门楣 (ménméi)horizontal structural beam
Czech překlad
- překladhorizontal structural beam
Dutch latei
- lateihorizontal structural beam
Esperanto lintelo
- lintelohorizontal structural beam
Estonian sillus
- sillushorizontal structural beam
Finnish kamana
- kamanahorizontal structural beam
French linteau
- linteauhorizontal structural beam
German Sturz, Oberschwelle
- Sturzhorizontal structural beam
- Oberschwellehorizontal structural beam
Greek υπέρθυρο, ανώφλι
- υπέρθυρο (ypérthyro)horizontal structural beam
- ανώφλι (anófli)horizontal structural beam
- πρέκι (préki)horizontal structural beam
Hungarian szemöldökfa
- szemöldökfahorizontal structural beam
Icelandic dyratré, ofdyri
- dyratréhorizontal structural beam
- ofdyrihorizontal structural beam
Irish fardoras
- fardorashorizontal structural beam
Italian piattabanda
- piattabandahorizontal structural beam
Japanese 鴨居
- 鴨居 (kamoi)horizontal structural beam
Māori taupoki, kōrupe
- taupokihorizontal structural beam
- kōrupehorizontal structural beam
- kārupehorizontal structural beam
Norwegian dekkstein, dekning
- dekksteinhorizontal structural beam
- dekninghorizontal structural beam
- overdekninghorizontal structural beam
- overligger overhorizontal structural beam
- vindusbjelkehorizontal structural beam
Polish nadproże
- nadprożehorizontal structural beam
Portuguese lintel
- lintelhorizontal structural beam
Romanian buiandrug, lintou
- buiandrughorizontal structural beam
- lintouhorizontal structural beam
Russian при́толока
- при́толока (prítoloka)horizontal structural beam
Scottish Gaelic àrd-doras
- àrd-dorashorizontal structural beam
Spanish lintel, dintel
- lintelhorizontal structural beam
- dintelhorizontal structural beam
- lindelhorizontal structural beam
Swedish dörrbalk, fönsterbalk
- dörrbalkhorizontal structural beam
- fönsterbalkhorizontal structural beam
- överstyckehorizontal structural beam
- dörrträhorizontal structural beam
Turkish lento
- lentohorizontal structural beam
Welsh capan, lintel
- capanhorizontal structural beam
- lintelhorizontal structural beam
- gwarddrwshorizontal structural beam
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Cite this entry
lintel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lintel
“lintel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lintel. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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