Brutalism
English
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) A style of modernist architecture characterized by angular geometry and overt signs of the construction process.
Etymology
Suffix from English brutal derived from Swedish nybrutalism (New Brutalism) derived from French béton brut (raw concrete).
Origin
French
béton brut
Gloss
raw concrete
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Brutalist English
- brutal English
- brutalisation English
- brutalise English
- brutalism English
- brutalist English
- brutality English
- brutalize English
- brutally English
- brutalness English
- nonbrutal English
- overbrutal English
- brutalis Latin
- brutal French
- béton brut French
- nybrutalism Swedish
- brutala Esperanto
- brutal Indonesian