jalousie
See also: Jalousie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jalousie (plural jalousies)
- (naval architecture) A component in a ventilation system.
- 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
- A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
Translations[edit]
window slats which form a blind or shutter
See also[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin zelotus (“full of love and sympathy”), from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jalousie f (plural jalousies)
- jealousy
- (historical) (latticework) screen
- Venetian blind
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “jalousie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin zelotus (“full of love and sympathy”), from Latin zelus (“zealous”), from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “envy, lust, rivalry”)
Noun[edit]
jalousie (plural jalousies)
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
jalousie f (plural jalousies)
Synonyms[edit]
- girofliée valine
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