contrefort

English

Noun

contrefort (plural contreforts)

Synonym of counterfort (“buttress built against a wall”)
Synonym of counterfort (“spur of a mountain range”)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.tʁə.fɔʁ/

Noun

contrefort m (plural contreforts)

foothills (hilly land near the base of a mountain range)
(architecture) buttress

Further reading

“contrefort”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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