thatch
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thatch¹
- /θæt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ætʃ
Where it comes from
Variant of thack, from Middle English thache, thach, from Old English þæc (“roof-covering”), from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“covering”), from (o-grade of) Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg- (“cover”).
Cognate with Icelandic þak, Dutch dak, German Dach, Norwegian tak, Swedish tak, Danish tag; and with Latin toga, Albanian thak (“awn, beard, pin, peg, tassel, fringe”), Lithuanian stogas (“roof”), Welsh to (“roof”). Related to Ancient Greek τέγος (tégos, “roof”) and στέγη (stégē, “roof”). See also English deech, deck.
noun thatches
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Straw, rushes, or similar, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
Just over halfway up, we reached the Human settlement with its houses of stone and wood and thatch. This was a prewar place.
Similar: haulm
- Any of several kinds of palm, the leaves of which are used for thatching.
- A buildup of cut grass, stolons or other material on the soil in a lawn. Mark Ladd, the venue’s assistant director of operations, notes that the fake greenery looks authentic: the height and colour of the blades are varied, with a few brown ones thrown in to emulate dead thatch.
- Any strawlike material, such as a person's hair. Brown was a compact dark-skinned man in his forties, with strong features and a dense thatch of brown hair that sprang from his crown at an angle, though it had been brushed to either side of an indeterminate part.
thatch²
- /θæt͡ʃ/
Rhymes with -ætʃ
Where it comes from
From Middle English thacchen, from Old English þeċċan, þeċċean (“to cover”), from Proto-West Germanic *þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic *þakjaną (“to cover”), from Proto-Germanic *þaką (“cover, covering”, noun) (see above).
Cognate with West Frisian dekke, Dutch dekken, German decken, Danish tække, Swedish täcka. Alteration of vowel after Middle English perhaps due to the above noun.
verb thatches · thatching · thatched
- To cover the roof with straw, reed, leaves, etc.
Thatch³
Where it comes from
From thatch.
proper noun Thatches
- A surname.
Translations
Every language
noun straw for covering roofs or stacks
| Español | techo de paja, tejado de paja |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 이엉 ieong |
| 中文 | 茅草 máocǎo |
| Português | colmo |
| Français | chaume |
| Deutsch | Reet, Dachstroh |
| Ελληνικά | αχυροσκεπή achyroskepí |
| Română | stuf |
| Русский | соло́ма solóma |
| Tiếng Việt | tranh |
verb cover with thatch
| Português | colmar |
|---|---|
| Français | couvrir de chaume |
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title = {thatch},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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