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Noun

window, plural windows

  1. 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.
    Quotations
    • 1952: A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air. — L.F. Salzman, Building in England, p. 173.
  2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
  3. A period of time when something is available (launch window, window of opportunity).
  4. A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen

Translations

opening for light and air
  • Lithuanian: langas m
  • Norwegian: vindu n
  • Slovak: okno n, oblok m
  • Czech: okno n
  • Slovene: okno n
  • Swedish: fönster n
shop window
  • Estonian: vitriin f (2)
  • Finnish: ikkuna, näyteikkuna
  • French: vitrine f (2)
  • German: Schaufenster n
  • Irish: fuinneog f
  • Lithuanian: vitrina f
  • Slovak: výklad m
  • Slovene: izložbeno okno n, izložba f
  • Swedish: skyltfönster n
period of time
  • Finnish: jakso , ikkuna
  • French: interval m
  • German: Intervall n, Zeitraum m, Zeitspanne f
  • Lithuanian: langas m
  • Slovak: okno n
  • Swedish: fönster n
area on a computer screen
  • German: Fenster n
  • Swedish: fönster n

Translations to be checked

  • Arabic: شباك , نافذة
  • Breton: prenestr m prenester / -i / -où pl (1)
  • Chinese: 窗口
  • Danish: vindue n
  • Dutch: raam n (1), venster n (1), uitstalraam n (2), vitrine f (2), interval n (3), moment n (3)
  • Esperanto: finestro
  • Greek: παράθυρο (1), βιτρίνα (2)
  • Guaraní: ovetã (1)
  • Ido: fenestro (1,2)
  • Indonesian: jendela
  • Interlingua: fenestra (1,3), vitrina (2), intervallo (3)
  • Japanese:
  • Korean: 창 (chang)
  • Norwegian: vindu n
  • Old English: eagðyrl (1,2)
  • Polish: okno n, witryna f (2)
  • Portuguese: janela f (1,3), vitrina f (2), montra f (2)
  • Russian: окно n
  • Spanish: ventana f (1)
  • Turkish: pencere (1), vitrin (2)
  • Welsh: ffenestr



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