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window , viewed from inside.
Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English windowe windohe windoge Old Norse vindauga “ window ” , literally “ wind-eye", "wind-aperture", "wind-hole ” ), equivalent to wind eye Scots wyndo wyndok winnock “ window ” ), Icelandic vindauga “ window ” ), Norwegian vindauga vindu “ window ” ), Danish vindue “ window ” ), old German Windauge
Pronunciation [ edit ] Wikipedia Wikipedia
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.
1879 , Richard Jefferies , chapter 1, The Amateur Poacher
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ [ …] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, [ …] .
1952 , L. F. Salzman , Building in England , page 173:
A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.
1963 , Margery Allingham , chapter 14, The China Governess [1]
Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows , heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
( architecture ) The shutter , casement , sash with its fittings, or other framework , which closes a window opening.A period of time when something is available.
launch window ; window of opportunity I have a two-hour window when my wife's out of the house if you want to come round an fool about.
( 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 .A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
King
till he has windows on his bread and butter
Coordinate terms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ]
terms derived from the window (noun)
Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
opening for light and air
Abkhaz: аԥенџьыр āpenǯ̍ər )
Afrikaans: venster
Akkadian: 𒀊
Albanian: dritare
Amharic: መስኮት mäsəkotə )
Arabic: نافذة f nāfiḏa )
Egyptian Arabic: شباك m šebbāk, šobbāk )
Aragonese: finestra f
Armenian: պատուհան (hy) (patuhan ), լուսամուտ lusamut )
Aromanian: firidã fireastrã f
Assamese: please add this translation if you can Asturian: ventana (ast) f
Avar: гордо gordo )
Azeri: pəncərə (az)
Bakhtiari: بنجه banja )
Banjarese: lalungkang
Bashkir: тәҙрә täðrä )
Basque: leiho
Belarusian: акно n aknó ), вакно n vaknó )
Bengali: জানালা janala )
Breton: prenestr (br) m
Bulgarian: прозорец (bg) m prozórec )
Burmese: ပြတင်းပေါက် (my) (bădin:bauk ), လေသာပေါက် (my) (ledhabauk )
Buryat: сонхо sonxo ) ( Russian Buryat )
Catalan: finestra (ca) f
Chamicuro: wentana
Chechen: кор kor )
Chichewa: please add this translation if you can Chinese:
Mandarin: 窗戶 (zh) , 窗户 (zh) (chuānghù ), 窗口 (zh) (chuāngkǒu ), 窗子 (zh) (chuāngzi )
Min Nan: trad. 窗仔門 simpl. 窗仔门 thang-á-mn̂ g )
Chuvash: чӳрече čüreče )
Corsican: finestra (co)
Crimean Tatar: pencere
Czech: okno (cs) n
Dalmatian: finiastra f
Danish: vindue (da) n rude c
Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dutch: raam (nl) n venster (nl) n ruit (nl) f
Eastern Mari: тӧрза törza )
Esperanto: fenestro (eo)
Estonian: aken (et) f
Ewe: please add this translation if you can Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can Faroese: vindeyga n
Finnish: ikkuna (fi)
French: fenêtre (fr) f
Friulian: please add this translation if you can Gagauz: pencerä
Galician: xanela (gl) , fiestra (gl) f ventá (gl) f
Georgian: ფანჯარა (ka) (p’anǰara )
German: Fenster (de) n Windauge
Gothic: 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌳𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍉 n augadauro )
Greek: παράθυρο (el) n paráthyro )
Gujarati: બારી bārī )
Haitian Creole: fenèt
Hausa: please add this translation if you can Hawaiian: pukaaniani
Hebrew: חַלּוֹן (he) m khalón )
Hindi: खिड़की f khiṛkī )
Hungarian: ablak (hu)
Icelandic: gluggi (is) m
Ido: fenestro (io)
Igbo: please add this translation if you can Indonesian: ventilasi (id) , jendela (id)
Ingrian: ikkuna
Interlingua: fenestra
Interlingue: please add this translation if you can Irish: fuinneog (ga) f
Italian: finestra (it) f
Japanese: 窓 (ja) (まど , mado( cashier window ) 窓口 (ja) (まどぐち, madoguchi ), ( katakana ) ウィンドウ (ja) (u~indō )
Javanese: please add this translation if you can Jèrriais: f'nêtre f
Kalmyk: терз terz )
Kannada: ಕಿಟಕಿ (kn) (kiṭaki )
Karachay-Balkar: терезе tereze )
Kazakh: терезе (kk) (tereze )
Khakas: кӧзенек közenek )
Khmer: បង្អួច (km) (bongooich )
Kinyarwanda: please add this translation if you can Kirundi: please add this translation if you can Korean: 창 (ko) (chang ), ( cashier window ) 창구 (ko) (chang-gu ) (窓口 (ko) )
Kumyk: терезе tereze )
Kurdish:
Sorani: پهنجهره (ku)
Kyrgyz: терезе tereze )
Lao: ປ່ອງຢ້ຽມ (lo) (pǭng yīam )
Latgalian: lūgs m
Latin: fenestra (la) f
Latvian: logs (lv) m
Lingala: lininísa
Lithuanian: langas (lt) m
Luganda: please add this translation if you can Luxembourgish: Fënster (lb) f
Macedonian: прозорец m prózorec ), прозор m prózor ), окно n ókno ), пенџере n péndžere ), пенџер m péndžer )
Malagasy: varavarana (mg) , varavarankely (mg)
Malay:
Rumi: tingkap jendela
Jawi: تيڠکڤ جنديلا
Malayalam: ജാലകം (ml) (jālakaṃ ), വാതായനം (ml) (vātāyanaṃ )
Maltese: tieqa (mt)
Marathi: खिडकी khiḍkī )
Mirandese: jinela f
Mongolian: цонх tsonh )
Nama: mûǂûi-daos
Navajo: tsésǫʼ
North Frisian: ( Mooring ) waning n ( Föhr-Amrum ) wöning n
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vindu (no) n
Nynorsk: vindauge (nn) n vindauga (nn) n
Occitan: fenèstra (oc) f
Old Norse: vindauga n
Old Portuguese: fẽestra
Oriya: ଝରକା jharakā )
Ossetian: рудзынг ruʒyng )
Pashto: please add this translation if you can Persian: پنجره (fa) (panjere, panjare ), پنجر panjar )
Polish: okno (pl) n
Portuguese: janela (pt) f
Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can Romani: felyastra f
Romanian: fereastră (ro) f
Romansch: fanestra f
Russian: окно (ru) n oknó )
Sanskrit: वातायनः vātāyanaḥ )
Sardinian: please add this translation if you can Scots: windae winnock wyndok
Scottish Gaelic: uinneag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прозор m окно n обло n пенџер m
Roman: prozor m okno n oblo n pendžer m
Shor: кӧзнек köznek )
Sicilian: finestra (scn) f
Sindhi: please add this translation if you can Sinhalese: ජනේලය janēlaya )
Slovak: okno n oblok m
Slovene: okno (sl) n
Somali: dariishad daaqad shubaako
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wokno n
Sotho: fenstere (st)
Southern Altai: кӧзнӧк köznök )
Spanish: ventana (es) f
Swahili: dirisha (sw)
Swedish: fönster (sv) n ruta (sv) , vindöga (sv) , glugg (sv)
Tagalog: durungawan bintana (tl)
Tajik: панҷара panjara ), тиреза tireza )
Tamil: சன்னல் (ta) (caṉṉal ), சாளரம் (ta) (cāḷaram )
Taos: łòxwóloną
Tatar: тәрәзә (tt) (täräzä )
Telugu: కిటికీ (te) (kiṭikī )
Thai: หน้าต่าง (th) (nâa dtàang )
Tibetan: སྒེ་ཁུང sge khung )
Turkish: pencere (tr) , cam (tr)
Turkmen: penjire
Tuvan: көзенек közenek )
Ukrainian: вікно (uk) n viknó )
Urdu: کھڑکی f khiṛkī )
Uzbek: deraza
Venetian: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: cửa sổ (vi)
Volapük: fenät (vo) , ( obsolete ) litöp
Votic: akkuna
Welsh: ffenest (cy) f
West Frisian: ramte
Wolof: please add this translation if you can Xhosa: please add this translation if you can Yakut: түннүк tünnük )
Yiddish: פֿענצטער m fentster )
Yoruba: please add this translation if you can Zulu: ifasitela (zu)
area on a computer screen
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window (third-person singular simple present windows present participle windowing simple past and past participle windowed
( transitive ) To furnish with windows.( transitive ) To place at or in a window.
Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck? — Shakespeare.
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