Meanings
plural mansard roofs
- A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space.
My parents live in Chisipite (in Shona, the local language, it means "spring," after the water source there), an outer suburb of the city, in a rather austere 1950s house, with a Dutch-style mansard roof, in an astonishingly fecund acre of garden.
2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa - A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.
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Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Bulgarian манса́рда
- манса́рда (mansárda)a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Finnish aumattu taitekatto
- aumattu taitekattoa roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
German Mansarddach
- Mansarddacha roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Indonesian atap prancis
- atap prancisa roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Polish mansarda
- mansardaa roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Russian манса́рда
- манса́рда (mansárda)a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Swedish brutet tak
- brutet taka roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Ukrainian манса́рда
- манса́рда (mansárda)a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
Cite this entry
mansard roof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansard%20roof
“mansard roof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansard%20roof. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mansard roof,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mansard%20roof.
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