On désigne par beffroi (ou baffraiz en vieux français) un ouvrage de charpente destiné à contenir et à permettre de faire mouvoir des cloches ; prenant le contenant pour le contenu, on a donné le nom de beffroi aux tours renfermant les cloches de la commune.
A tower containing one or more bells, typically part of a church, is a bell tower; attached to a city hall or other civil building, it is usually named belfry; the occasional free standing one may be referred to by its Italian name, campanile. Such towers are now rarely constructed but are kept primarily for their historic value.
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