jalousie

See also: Jalousie

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French jalousie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʒæləsiː/

Noun

jalousie (plural jalousies)

1. (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
2. Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
   • 1859 “A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour.” — Dickens, Tale of Two Cities

Translations

window slats which form a blind or shutter

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 百叶窗 (zh) (bǎi yè chuāng)

• Dutch: jaloezie (nl) f, blinden (nl) pl
• French: jalousie (fr) f
• German: Jalousie (de) f

• Greek: γρίλια (el) f (grília)
• Portuguese: gelosia (pt) f
• Russian: жалюзи́ (ru) (žaljuzí)
• Spanish: celosía (es) f
• Turkish: jaluzi (tr)

See also

• blind
• curtain

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin zelotus (“full of love and sympathy”), from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒa.lu.zi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. jealousy
2. (historical) (latticework) screen
3. Venetian blind

Related terms

• jaloux
• jalousement

Descendants

• Czech: žaluzie (borrowed)
• Dutch: jaloezie (borrowed)

• English: jalousie (borrowed)
• German: Jalousie (borrowed)

• Russian: жалюзи́ (žaljuzí) (borrowed)
• Turkish: jaluzi (borrowed)

Further reading

• “jalousie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Middle English

Etymology

From Late Latin zelotus (“full of love and sympathy”), from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”)

Noun

jalousie (plural jalousies)

1. jealousy

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Norman

Noun

jalousie f (plural jalousies)

1. (Jersey) sweet william

Synonyms

• girofliée