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10 Language-to-English Dictionariescarreau
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ka.ʁo/
"La salle de bains est recouverte de carreaux bleus."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A thin rectangular slab of baked clay, concrete, or other material, used for covering roofs, floors, or walls.
"The kitchen floor is covered with easy-to-clean ceramic tiles."
- 1
To cover, pave, or furnish with tiles.
"They decided to tile the bathroom walls to protect them from moisture."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English 'tīgel', meaning tile or brick, which stems from the Proto-Germanic '*tegula'. This ultimately traces back to the Latin 'tēgula', a roofing tile, from the verb 'tegere', meaning 'to cover'. Over centuries, the term evolved from referring strictly to fired clay roofing materials to encompassing various thin slabs of ceramic, stone, or resilient materials used for surfaces.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Tile" is said worldwide
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carreau
Transliteration: /ka.ʁo/
"La salle de bains est recouverte de carreaux bleus."
Fliese
Transliteration: /ˈfliːzə/
"Wir müssen die kaputte Fliese in der Küche ersetzen."
piastrella
Transliteration: /pjasˈtrɛl.la/
"Ogni piastrella del pavimento è dipinta a mano."
azulejo
Transliteration: /a.suˈle.xo/
"Los hermosos azulejos decoran la pared del patio."
azulejo
Transliteration: /a.zuˈle.ʒu/
"A cozinha foi revestida com azulejos brancos."
टाइल
Transliteration: tail
"हमने रसोई के फर्श पर नई टाइलें लगवाई हैं।"
瓷砖
Transliteration: cízhuān
"浴室的墙壁贴满了白色的瓷砖。"
타일
Transliteration: tail
"주방 바닥에 새 타일을 깔았다."
タイル
Transliteration: tairu
"バスルームの床には白いタイルが敷かれています。"
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