Velux

See also: vélux

English

Etymology

From a trademark.

Noun

Velux (plural Veluxes)

1. A skylight or roof window, especially one manufactured by the VELUX company.
   • 2007, Country Life, volume 201, numbers 1-4, page 48:

     On the north side, he raised and classicised the stair tower window and replaced veluxes in the low-sweeping roof with a pair of piended (hipped) dormers.

   • 2015, Chloe Rayban, Lost and Found, page 178:

     With proper insulation and a few veluxes I could make more rooms up here — more money-earning 'chambres d'hotes'.

   • 2017, Annemarie Neary, Siren, page 223:

     There are two large Veluxes in the steeply pitched roof, and a battery of windows is set high into the bare white walls.

   • 2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops:

     The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes. It contained junk, I thought at first, but then I was surprised to make out that this included Victorian and even Georgian furniture […]

Alternative forms

• velux