roof tile

noun

Any tile designed to be used for the external part of a roof.

Meanings

nounroof tile (plural roof tiles)

plural roof tiles · alternative rooftile

  1. Any tile designed to be used for the external part of a roof.
  2. obsoleteA ridge tile, a tile for the ridge of a roof.

Synonyms & antonyms

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Translations

Afrikaans dakpan
  • dakpantile covering a roof
Bengali টালি
  • টালি (ṭali)tile covering a roof
Bulgarian кереми́да
  • кереми́да (keremída)tile covering a roof
Catalan teula
  • teulatile covering a roof
Czech taška
  • taškatile covering a roof
Dutch dakpan
  • dakpantile covering a roof
Esperanto tegolo
  • tegolotile covering a roof
Finnish kattotiili
  • kattotiilitile covering a roof
French tuile
  • tuiletile covering a roof
German Dachziegel, Dachpfanne
  • Dachziegeltile covering a roof
  • Dachpfannetile covering a roof
Hebrew רעף
  • רעף (rá'af)tile covering a roof
Hungarian tetőcserép
  • tetőcseréptile covering a roof
Italian tegola
  • tegolatile covering a roof
Japanese 瓦, 甍
  • 瓦 (kawara)tile covering a roof
  • 甍 (iraka)tile covering a roof
Korean 기와
  • 기와 (giwa)tile covering a roof
Latin tēgula
  • tēgulatile covering a roof
Malay genting, atap genting
  • gentingtile covering a roof
  • atap gentingtile covering a roof
Māori tāpatu
  • tāpatutile covering a roof
Norwegian Bokmål takstein
  • taksteintile covering a roof
Polish dachówka
  • dachówkatile covering a roof
Portuguese telha
  • telhatile covering a roof
Romanian țiglă
  • țiglătile covering a roof
Russian черепи́ца
  • черепи́ца (čerepíca)tile covering a roof
Spanish teja, calamina
  • tejatile covering a roof
  • calaminatile covering a roof
Turkish kiremit
  • kiremittile covering a roof
Vietnamese ngói
  • ngóitile covering a roof
Cite this entry
APA

roof tile. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tile

MLA

“roof tile.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tile. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roof tile,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tile.

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