vitrage

See also: Vitrage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrage (literally “glass covering”), ultimately from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Noun

vitrage (plural vitrages)

1. A curtain of light translucent material intended to be secured directly to the woodwork of a French window or glazed door.

Anagrams

• virgate

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French vitrage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌviˈtraː.ʒə/

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• Hyphenation: vi‧tra‧ge
• Rhymes: -aːʒə

Noun

vitrage f (plural vitrages)

1. vitrage (translucent curtain or fabric)

French

Etymology

From vitrer +‎ -age, from Latin vitrum (“glass”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.tʁaʒ/

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Noun

vitrage m (plural vitrages)

1. glass panelling in a building, or part of it

   Le vitrage d’un édifice

   The glass panelling of a building

2. window pane

   Fenêtre à double vitrage

   A double pane window

Synonyms

• carreau (of a window)

Derived terms

• double vitrage

Descendants

• → Czech: vitráž
• → German: Vitrage
• → Polish: witraż
• → Russian: витра́ж (vitráž)
• → Serbo-Croatian: vitraž, витраж
• → Slovak: vitráž

References

• “vitrage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• gravite, gravité