🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

钟楼

Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhōng lóu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Belfry/ˈbɛl.fri/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"教堂的钟楼在阳光下闪闪发光。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A bell tower, especially one attached to a church or other building.

    "The belfry of the old cathedral can be seen from miles away."
  2. 2

    A structure for housing bells, often used for signaling or ceremonial purposes.

    "The town's belfry rang out at noon, marking the start of the festival."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'belfry' originates from the Old French 'berfrei', which itself comes from the Germanic root 'bell' and 'frithu', meaning 'peace'. Historically, it referred to a bell tower, evolving in meaning to denote any structure housing bells, particularly in churches.

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