Architecture terms in French
The list of French translations of architecture terms, sorted alphabetically according to each term's English name.
A
- ambulatory • déambulatoire
- apse • abside
- arcade • arcade
- arch • arc
- arch • arc
- architecture • architecture
- architrave • architrave
- atrium • atrium
- atrium • atrium
B
- balcony • balcon
- balustrade • balustrade
- bay window • fenêtre en baie
- beam • poutre
- brise soleil • brise-soleil
- buttress • contrefort
- buttress • contrefort
C
- campanile • campanile
- cantilever • porte-à-faux
- capital • chapiteau
- clerestory • claire-voie
- clerestory • claire-voie
- cloister • cloître
- column • colonne
- column • colonne
- cornice • corniche
- cornice • corniche
- crypt • crypte
- cupola • coupole
D
- dome • dôme
- dome • dôme
- dormer • lucarne
E
- entablature • entablement
F
- façade • façade
- façade • façade
- Fenestration • Fenestration
- flying buttress • arc-boutant
- frieze • frise
- frieze • frise
G
- gable • pignon
- gargoyle • gargouille
K
- keystone • clé de voûte
- keystone • clé de voûte
L
- lintel • linteau
- loggia • loggia
- loggia • loggia
M
- mezzanine • mezzanine
- mullion • meneau
N
- narthex • narthex
- nave • nef
O
- Oculus • Oculus
P
- pediment • fronton
- pediment • fronton
- pilaster • pilastre
- piloti • pilotis
- porch • porche
- portico • portique
Q
- quoin • chaînage
R
- rose window • rosace
- rotunda • rotonde
- rustication • Bossage
S
- soffit • soffite
- spire • flèche
T
- tracery • tracerie
- transept • transept
- Triforium • triforium
- truss • treillis
- tympanum • tympan
V
- vault • voûte
- vault • voûte
- voussoir • voussoir
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