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Grammar : Noun
Spell : min-uh-ret, min-uh-ret
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmɪn əˈrɛt, ˈmɪn əˌrɛt

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Définition of minaret

Origin :
  • 1680s, from French minaret, from Turkish minare "a minaret," from Arabic manarah, manarat "lamp, lighthouse, minaret," related to manar "candlestick," derivative of nar "fire;" cf. Hebrew ner "lamp" (see menorah).
  • As in tower : noun very high building or building part
  • As in belfry : noun tower; part of tower
  • As in steeple : noun tower
  • As in turret : noun tower
  • As in column : noun pillar
Example sentences :
  • By this time also, if not earlier, the minaret had become universal.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • The minaret is faced with tiles and is surmounted by a gilded crescent.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 6 » by Various
  • The minaret is a tall slender tower, peculiar to Turkish architecture.
  • Extract from : « Popular Technology; Volume 2 » by Edward Hazen
  • Seldom had he looked at a minaret without thinking of prayer.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilderness » by Robert Hichens
  • The minaret, I may here remark, is to the mosques what a steeple is to the church.
  • Extract from : « Letters from Palestine » by J. D. Paxton
  • One minaret of Byzantine design we passed on our way to the town.
  • Extract from : « The Secrets of a Kuttite » by Edward O. Mousley
  • The minaret runs up a great deal higher, and there is a stairway.
  • Extract from : « The Great Airship. » by F. S. Brereton
  • It tints minaret after minaret, dome after dome, house after house.
  • Extract from : « Constantinople painted by Warwick Goble » by Alexander Van Millingen
  • Like the muezzin on his minaret, the elegist calls to prayer.
  • Extract from : « Expositor's Bible: The Song of Solomon » by Walter Adeney
  • Round and round we walked, looking up at arch and dome and minaret.
  • Extract from : « From Egypt to Japan » by Henry M. Field
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