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roof tile

tile designed mainly to keep out rain
Product roofing Q268547
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Summary

roof tile is a roofing[1]. It draws 1,984 Wikipedia views per month (roofing category, ranking #2 of 2).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: tile[3], roof[4], brick[5]
  • Part of: roof[6]
  • Has use: tiled roof[7]
  • Commons category: Roof tiles[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Roof tiles[9]
  • Described by source: Gujin Tushu Jicheng[10], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[11], Otto's encyclopedia[12]
  • Different from: Черепица (значения)[13]
  • Connects with: sheathing roof board[14]
  • Exact match: https://global.dbpedia.org/id/2Wvc8[15]

Why It Matters

roof tile has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . DBpedia. Retrieved . dbpedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q319494
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q319494, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
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