joist

Etymology
From, feminine of , the past participle of.

Noun

 * 1) A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:, , trámek
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician: pontón, cango
 * Georgian:, დირე, კადონი, ნივნივი
 * German:, , , Deckenbalken, Unterzug, , , Tragbalken, Unterzug,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Irish: giarsa
 * Latin: gistura
 * Malay: ​ ​, jeliau ​
 * Maori: kurupae, tauwhenua
 * Mari:
 * Eastern Mari: авагашта
 * Norman: rouai
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: bałka, drjewno

Verb

 * 1)  To fit or furnish with joists.

Translations

 * Finnish: vasoittaa