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/fə.nɛtʁ/
Translation
window
Word origin
From Latin fenestra ('window, opening'). The same root survives in English fenestration and defenestration (the act of throwing someone out of a window).
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- fenestra
- English cognates
- fenestration, defenestration
Grammar
Examples
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Open the window, it is too hot in the bedroom.
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She watched the rain through the window.
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The kitchen window looks out onto the garden.
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Open the window, it's too hot in this room.
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The cat often sleeps by the living-room window.
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