lintel

A horizontal structural member, such as a beam or stone, that spans an opening, as between the uprights of a door or window or between two columns or piers.

[Middle English, from Old French, probably alteration of lintier, from Vulgar Latin *līmitāris, of a threshold (meaning influenced by Latin līmen, threshold), from Latin, on a border, from līmes, līmit-, boundary.]

A horizontal structural member (such as a beam) over an opening which carries the weight of the wall above it; usually of steel, stone, or wood. Also see door lintel, eyebrow lintel, fireplace lintel, splayed lintel, through lintel.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - overligger, vinduesbjælke

Nederlands (Dutch)
draagbalk boven deur/ raam, bovendrempel

Français (French)
n. - linteau

Deutsch (German)
n. - (Archit.) Sturz

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (οικοδ.) υπέρθυρο(ν) (κν. ανώφλι, πρέκι)

Italiano (Italian)
architrave

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lintel (m) (Arquit.), dintel (m) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
притолока

Español (Spanish)
n. - dintel

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överstycke (på dörr el. fönster)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
楣, 过梁, 楣石

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 楣, 過梁, 楣石

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 상인방(창.문 위에 댄 가로대)

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - まぐさ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الأسكفه, عتبه الباب أو النافذة العليا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮משקוף‬

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