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From Old Norse vindauga, combined from of vindr (“‘a wind’”) and auga (“‘eye’”). The “windows” in these times were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through.
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window (plural windows)
- 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.
- An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
- A period of time when something is available.
- launch window; window of opportunity
- (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.
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terms derived from the window (noun)
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opening for light and air
- Afrikaans: venster af(af)
- Arabic: شباك ar(ar) (šubbāk) m., نافذة ar(ar) (nāfiða) f.
- Armenian: պատուհան hy(hy) (patuhan), լուսամուտ hy(hy) (lusamut)
- Bengali: জানালা (jānālā)
- Bosnian: prozor bs(bs) m., okno bs(bs) n., pendžer bs(bs) m.
- Breton: prenestr m.
- Bulgarian: прозорец bg(bg) (prozorec) m.
- Catalan: finestra f.
- Chamicuro: wentana
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: trad. 窗戶, simpl. 窗户 (chuānghù)
- Min Nan: trad. 窗仔門, simpl. 窗仔门 (thang-á-mn̂g)
- Croatian: prozor hr(hr) m.
- Czech: okno cs(cs) n.
- Danish: vindue da(da) n., rude da(da) c.
- Dutch: raam nl(nl) n., venster nl(nl) n., ruit nl(nl) f.
- Esperanto: fenestro eo(eo)
- Estonian: aken et(et) f.
- Finnish: ikkuna fi(fi)
- French: fenêtre fr(fr) f.
- Galician: xanela gl(gl), fiestra gl(gl) f., ventá gl(gl) f.
- German: Fenster de(de) n.
- Greek: παράθυρο el(el) (paráthiro) n.
- Hebrew: חַלּוֹן (hallon) m.
- Hindi: खिड़की hi(hi) (khiṛkī) f.
- Hungarian: ablak hu(hu)
- Icelandic: gluggi is(is) m.
- Ido: fenestro io(io)
- Indonesian: ventilasi, jendela
- Irish: fuinneog ga(ga) f.
- Italian: finestra it(it) f.
- Japanese: 窓 ja(ja) (まど, mado)
- Kazakh: терезе kk(kk) (tereze)
- Korean: 창 (chang)
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- Kurdish: پهنجهره ku(ku)
- Latin: fenestra la(la) f.
- Latvian: logs lv(lv) m.
- Lithuanian: langas lt(lt) m.
- Macedonian: прозорец (prózorec) m., прозор (prózor) m., окно (ókno) n., пенџере (péndžere) n., пенџер (péndžer) m.
- Marathi: खिडकी (khi.dkī)
- Norwegian: vindu no(no) n.
- Occitan: fenèstra f.
- Old Norse: vindauga n.
- Persian: پنجره (panjere)
- Polish: okno pl(pl) n.
- Portuguese: janela pt(pt) f.
- Romanian: fereastră ro(ro) f.
- Russian: окно ru(ru) (oknó) n.
- Scots: windae
- Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f.
- Serbian:
- Cyrillic: прозор m., окно n., обло n.
- Roman: prozor m., okno n., oblo n.
- Slovak: okno sk(sk) n., oblok sk(sk) m.
- Slovene: okno sl(sl) n.
- Sotho: fenstere st(st)
- Spanish: ventana es(es) f.
- Swahili: dirisha sw(sw)
- Swedish: fönster sv(sv) n.
- Taos: łòxwóloną
- Telugu: కిటికీ (kiTikee)
- Turkish: pencere tr(tr), cam tr(tr)
- Ukrainian: вікно uk(uk) (viknó) n.
- Urdu: کھڑکی (khi.rkī) f.
- Welsh: ffenest cy(cy) f.
- West Frisian: ramte fy(fy)
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area on a computer screen
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