charpente

Either from charpenter, or directly from Old French charpent (itself from Latin carpentum).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/

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charpente f (plural charpentes)

1. framework
2. build (of person)
3. (figuratively) structure (of a book, etc.)

charpente

1. inflection of charpenter:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

• repêchant