Belfry

//ˈbɛlfɹi//

Synonyms for "belfry" (59 found)

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Closest matches (12)

bell tower campanile antenna tower barbican bean belltower carillon colossus

Noun(4 words)

Strong matches (18)

column conk cupola derrick dome fire tower head headpiece lantern lighthouse martello martello tower mast minaret monument

Noun(3 words)

grape loaf napper

Related words (29)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

7 relation types

More general

2 entries

bell tower room

Synonyms

2 entries

bell tower campanile

derived

3 entries

belfried have bats in one's belfry have bats in the belfry

has context

2 entries

architecture dialectal

is a

1 entries

room

part of

1 entries

bell tower

related to

12 entries

attic bat bats bats in church church attic ell one ell shed sieges tower watchtower

Translations

78 translations across 32 languages.

Bulgarian

4 entries

камбанария noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
камбанария noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
наблюдателна кула noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
обсадна кула noun (moveable tower used in sieges)

Catalan

1 entries

campanar noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

攻城塔 noun (moveable tower used in sieges)
瞭望塔 /了望塔 noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
鐘樓 /钟楼 noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Danish

1 entries

klokketårn noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Dutch

3 entries

belfort noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
belfort noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
klokkentoren noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Finnish

4 entries

kellotorni noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
kellotorni noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
kellotorni noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
piiritystorni noun (moveable tower used in sieges)

French

3 entries

beffroi noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
beffroi noun (moveable tower used in sieges)
beffroi noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)

Friulian

4 entries

cjampanil noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
cjampanili noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
cjampanîl noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
cjampanîli noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

German

4 entries

Belagerungsturm noun (moveable tower used in sieges)
Bergfried noun (watchtower containing an alarm-bell)
Glockenstube noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
Glockenturm noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Greek

3 entries

καμπαναριό noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
κωδωνοστάσιο noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
κωδωνοστάσιο noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Hungarian

2 entries

harangtorony noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
harangtorony noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Irish

2 entries

clogás noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
clogás noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Istriot

2 entries

canpaneîl noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
canpanèil noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Italian

1 entries

campanile noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Japanese

2 entries

鐘楼 noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
鐘楼 noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Macedonian

1 entries

камбанарија noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Manx

3 entries

claggys noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
shamyr chluig noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
thie cluig noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Māori

2 entries

pourewa pere noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
pourewa pere noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

klokkerom noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

klokkerom noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

چاكلق noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
چاكلق noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

дзвонїца noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
дзвонїца noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Polish

1 entries

dzwonnica noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Portuguese

3 entries

campanário noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
campanário noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
torre sineira noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Romansch

4 entries

clucher noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
clucher noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
clutger noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
clutger noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Russian

1 entries

колоко́льня noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Spanish

4 entries

campanario noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
campanario noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)
campanil noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
campanil noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Swedish

2 entries

klockstapel noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
klocktorn noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Tagalog

2 entries

batingawan noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
batingawan noun (part of a large tower or steeple, specifically for containing bells)

Ukrainian

1 entries

дзвіни́ця noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Venetan

4 entries

canpanil noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
canpanile noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
canpanièl noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)
canpaniłe noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Welsh

1 entries

clochdy noun (tower or steeple specifically for containing bells, especially as part of a church)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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How can you have a belfry without bats?

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I hear the storks clacking from up in the belfry.

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And Mary was buried in the rural graveyard, under the shadow of the belfry tower.

Source: tatoeba (1986832)

He has bats in the belfry.

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