mansard roof

English

Noun

mansard roof (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.
A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.
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Translations

a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope

Belarusian: мансарда f (mansárda)
Bulgarian: мансарда f (mansárda)
Finnish: aumattu taitekatto
German: Mansarddach (de) n
Macedonian: мансарда (mansárda) f

Russian: манса́рда (ru) f (mansárda)
Serbo-Croatian: мансарда (mansárda)
Swedish: brutet tak n
Ukrainian: мансарда f (mansárda)

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