pendatir

English translation: pendentive

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Czech term or phrase:pendatir
English translation:pendentive
Entered by: Jan Hellmann

06:30 Jul 5, 2013
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Czech term or phrase: pendatir
... je sklenuta báňovitou klenbou s pendatiry zploštělou.
Jedná se o popis modlitebny z roku 1700
Jan Hellmann
Local time: 14:01
pendentive
Explanation:
According to http://www.hugogold.com/bohemia/janovicich.pdf it should read "pendantir" (obviously French origin). The only architectural term that comes close is pendentive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendentive
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Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 14:01
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Thanks - to all for enormous help
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pendentive


Explanation:
According to http://www.hugogold.com/bohemia/janovicich.pdf it should read "pendantir" (obviously French origin). The only architectural term that comes close is pendentive. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendentive

Stuart Hoskins
Local time: 14:01
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Thanks - to all for enormous help
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, phamtastic help. By the way It is Janovice, what I am translating


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sarka Rubkova: je to správně
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Sarka

agree  Dylan Edwards: I'd say it's a slightly "corrupted" version of a word that has more than one spelling in Czech anyway.
11 hrs
  -> I agree, especially considering the age of the text (early 20th century?)

agree  alex suhoy
1 day 6 hrs
  -> Thanks, Alex
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