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noun, feminine

charpente

/ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/

noun, feminine/ʃaʁ.pɑ̃t/plural: charpentes

framework; build (of person); structure (of a book, etc.)

Either from charpenter, or directly from Old French charpent (itself from Latin carpentum) [from 13th century].