window

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A window, viewed from inside.

Etymology

From Old Norse vindauga, combined from of vindr (“a wind”) (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish vind, cognate to English wind) and auga (“eye”), literally “wind-eye”. The “windows” in these times were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈwɪndəʊ/, SAMPA: /"wInd@U/
• (US) enPR: wĭnʹdō, IPA: /ˈwɪndoʊ/, SAMPA: /"wIndoU/

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  Rhymes: -ɪndəʊ

• Hyphenation: win‧dow

Noun

Wikipedia Wikipedia window (plural windows)

1. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
   • 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 173:

     A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.

2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
3. A period of time when something is available.

   launch window; window of opportunity

   I have a two-hour window when my wife's out of the house if you want to come round an fool about.

4. (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.

Coordinate terms

• door

Derived terms

terms derived from the window (noun)

bay window bow window cabinet window casement window Catherine-wheel window compass window dormer window electric window French window, french window gable window garret window go out of the window, go out the window Jesse window Judas window, judas window lancet window lattice window launch window loop-window low side window lucarne window luthern-window maintenance window mezzanine window

mullion window Norman window ogive window oriel window picture window re-entry window rose window sash window shop window show window storm window therapeutic window transfer window transom window trellis window weather window window bar window blind window box window cleaner window curtain window display window dresser

window-dressing windowed window envelope window frame windowfront window gardening window glass windowing window ledge windowless window manager window of opportunity window pane, windowpane window plant Windows® window sash window screen window seat window-shopping window sill, windowsill window swallow window tax

Related terms

• wind

Translations

opening for light and air

Afrikaans: venster (af) Akkadian: 𒀊 ( aptu, AB) Albanian: dritare (sq) Amharic: መስኮት (am) (mäsəkotə) Arabic: شباك (ar) (shubbaak) m., نافذة (ar) (naafidha) f. Egyptian Arabic: شباك (shebak) m. Aragonese: finestra (an) f. Armenian: պատուհան (hy) (patuhan), լուսամուտ (hy) (lusamut) Aromanian: firidã, fireastrã f. Azeri: pəncərə (az) Bashkir: тәҙрә (täźrä) Basque: leiho (eu) Belarusian: акно (be) (aknó) n. Bengali: জানালা (jānālā) Breton: prenestr m. Bulgarian: прозорец (bg) (prozórec) m. Catalan: finestra f. Chamicuro: wentana Chechen: кор (kor) Chinese: Mandarin: 窗戶 (cmn), 窗户 (cmn) (chuānghù), 窗口 (cmn) (chuāngkǒu), 窗子 (cmn) (chuāngzi) Min Nan: trad. 窗仔門, simpl. 窗仔门 (thang-á-mn̂g) Chuvash: чӳрече (çüreçe) Crimean Tatar: pencere Croatian: prozor (hr) Czech: okno (cs) n. Danish: vindue (da) n., rude (da) c. Dutch: raam (nl) n., venster (nl) n., ruit (nl) f. Eastern Mari: тӧрза (törza) Esperanto: fenestro (eo) Estonian: aken (et) f. Faroese: vindeyga (fo) n. Finnish: ikkuna (fi) French: fenêtre (fr) f. Gagauz: pencerä Galician: xanela (gl), fiestra (gl) f., ventá (gl) f. Georgian: ფანჯარა (ka) (fanǰara) German: Fenster (de) n. Greek: παράθυρο (el) (paráthyro) n. Haitian Creole: fenèt Hebrew: חַלּוֹן (he) (xalon) m. Hindi: खिड़की (hi) (khiṛkī) f. Hungarian: ablak (hu) Icelandic: gluggi (is) m. Ido: fenestro (io) Indonesian: ventilasi, jendela Interlingua: fenestra (ia) Irish: fuinneog (ga) f. Italian: finestra (it) f. Japanese: 窓 (ja) (まど, mado), (cashier window) 窓口 (ja) (まどぐち, madoguchi), (katakana) ウィンドウ (ja) (u~indō) Kalmyk: терз (terz) Karachay-Balkar: терезе (tereze) Kazakh: терезе (kk) (tereze) Khakas: кӧзенек (közenek) Khmer: បង្អួច (km) (bongooich)

Korean: 창 (ko) (chang), (cashier window) 창구 (ko) (chang-gu) (窓口 (ko)) Kumyk: терезе (tereze) Kurdish: په‌نجه‌ره‌ (ku) Kyrgyz: терезе (ky) (tereze) Latgalian: lūgs m. Latin: fenestra (la) f. Latvian: logs (lv) m. Lithuanian: langas (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Fënster (lb) f. Macedonian: прозорец (prózorec) m., прозор (prózor) m., окно (ókno) n., пенџере (péndžere) n., пенџер (péndžer) m. Maltese: tieqa (mt) Marathi: खिडकी (khi.dkī) Mongolian: цонх (mn) (tsonh) Norwegian: Bokmål: vindu (nb) n. Nynorsk: vindauge (nn) n., vindauga (nn) n. Occitan: fenèstra f. Old Norse: vindauga n. Persian: پنجره (fa) (panjere) Polish: okno (pl) n. Portuguese: janela (pt) f. Romani: felyastra f. Romanian: fereastră (ro) f. Russia Buryat: сонхо (sonxo) Russian: окно (ru) (oknó) n. Scots: windae Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: прозор (sh), окно (sh), обло (sh), , пенџер (sh) Roman: prozor (sh), okno (sh), oblo (sh), pendžer (sh) Shor: кӧзнек (köznek) Slovak: okno (sk) n., oblok (sk) m. Slovene: okno (sl) n. Sotho: fenstere (st) Southern Altai: кӧзнӧк (köznök) Spanish: ventana (es) f. Swahili: dirisha (sw) Swedish: fönster (sv) n., ruta (sv), vindöga (sv), glugg (sv) Tagalog: durungawan (tl), bintana (tl) Tajik: тиреза (tg) (tireza) Taos: łòxwóloną Tatar: täräzä (tt) Telugu: కిటికీ (kiTikee) Thai: หน้าต่าง (th) (nâa dtàang) Turkish: pencere (tr), cam (tr) Turkmen: penjire (tk) Tuvan: көзенек (közenek) Ukrainian: вікно (uk) (viknó) n. Urdu: کھڑکی (khi.rkī) f. Uzbek: deraza (uz) Vietnamese: cửa sổ (vi) Volapük: fenät (vo), (obsolete) litöp (vo) Welsh: ffenest (cy) f. West Frisian: ramte (fy) Yakut: түннүк (tünnük) Zulu: ifasitela (zu)

shop window — see shop window

period of time

Afrikaans: venster (af) Danish: tidsrum (da) n., interval (da) n. Dutch: interval (nl) n. Esperanto: intervalo (eo) Estonian: ajavahemik (et) Finnish: jakso (fi), ikkuna (fi) French: fenêtre (fr) f. German: Intervall (de) n., Zeitraum (de) m., Zeitspanne (de) f. Italian: finestra (it) f. Lithuanian: langas m.

Luxembourgish: Intervall (lb) m., Zäitraum (lb) m., Zäitspann (lb) f. Norwegian: Bokmål: vindu (nb) n. Nynorsk: vindauge (nn) n., vindauge (nn) n. Portuguese: intervalo (pt) m. (período de tempo) Romanian: perioadă de timp f., interval (ro) n. (de timp) Russian: окно (ru) (oknó) n. Slovak: okno (sk) n. Swedish: fönster (sv) n. Ukrainian: вікно (uk) (viknó) n.

area on a computer screen

Afrikaans: venster (af) Arabic: نافذة (ar) (nāfiða) f. Armenian: պատուհան (hy) (patuhan) Catalan: finestra (ca) f. Czech: okno (cs) n. Danish: vindue (da) n. Dutch: venster (nl) n. Esperanto: fenestro (eo) Estonian: aken (et) Finnish: ikkuna (fi) French: fenêtre (fr) f. German: Fenster (de) n. Greek: παράθυρο (el) (paráthyro) n. Hungarian: ablak (hu) Icelandic: gluggi (is) m. Italian: finestra (it) f. Japanese: ウィンドウ (ja) (windō)

Latin: fenestra (la), fenestrae (la) pl. Latvian: logs (lv) m. Lithuanian: langas (lt) m. Luxembourgish: Fënster (lb) f. Macedonian: прозорец (mk) (prózorec) m. Norwegian: Bokmål: vindu (nb) n. Nynorsk: vindauge (nn) n., vindauga (nn) n. Polish: okno (pl) n., okienko (pl) n. Portuguese: janela (pt) f. Romanian: fereastră (ro) f. Russian: окно (ru) (oknó) n. Slovene: okno (sl) Spanish: ventana (es) f. Swedish: fönster (sv) n. Turkish: pencere (tr) Ukrainian: вікно (uk) (viknó) n.

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Mandarin: 窗口 (chuāngkǒu) Guaraní: ovetã (1) Ido: fenestro (1,2) Indonesian: jendela Interlingua: fenestra (1,3), vitrina (2), intervallo (3) Old English: eagðyrl (1,2)

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