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riazlit

English translation: break, an architectural term, best avoided in favour of less ambiguous phrasing

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Slovak term or phrase:riazlit
English translation:break, an architectural term, best avoided in favour of less ambiguous phrasing
Entered by: HB2003 (X)

16:38 Dec 6, 2003
Slovak to English translations [PRO]
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Slovak term or phrase: riazlit
Architectural term which may be borrowed from the Italian word for horizon, or 'orizzonte'. Describes the slightly 'out-jutting' and dominant facade of a Classical Revival palace. Any knowledge of a similar term inItalian-English would help.
HB2003 (X)
Local time: 17:32
break
Explanation:
It's a protruding part of a building. The term in fact comes from Italian "risalire" - "to stick out, to protrude". As an architectural term it's called in English "a break". By the way, isn't it misspelt in Slovak?
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Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 17:32
Grading comment
Thank you very much. I will be posting other bafflements and quandaries and very possibly eximious misspellings shortly. You should soon shoot to the 'vrchol'of the Brownie List.
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break


Explanation:
It's a protruding part of a building. The term in fact comes from Italian "risalire" - "to stick out, to protrude". As an architectural term it's called in English "a break". By the way, isn't it misspelt in Slovak?

Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 17:32
Native speaker of: Native in PolishPolish
PRO pts in pair: 4
Grading comment
Thank you very much. I will be posting other bafflements and quandaries and very possibly eximious misspellings shortly. You should soon shoot to the 'vrchol'of the Brownie List.

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