Window

Noun

 * 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.
 * 2) * 1952, L.F. Salzman, Building in England, page 173:
 * A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.
 * 1) * Backdraft:
 * So you punched out a window for ventilation. Was that before or after you noticed you were standing in a lake of gasoline?
 * 1) An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside.
 * 2) A period of time when something is available.
 * launch window; window of opportunity
 * 1)  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.

Coordinate terms

 * door

Derived terms

 * bay window
 * bow window
 * cabinet window
 * casement window
 * Catherine-wheel window
 * compass window
 * dormer window
 * electric window
 * French window, french window
 * gable window
 * garret window
 * go out of the window, go out the window
 * Jesse window
 * Judas window, judas window
 * lancet window
 * lattice window
 * launch window
 * loop-window
 * low side window
 * lucarne window
 * luthern-window
 * maintenance window
 * mezzanine window


 * mullion window
 * Norman window
 * ogive window
 * oriel window
 * picture window
 * re-entry window
 * rose window
 * sash window
 * shop window
 * show window
 * storm window
 * therapeutic window
 * transfer window
 * transom window
 * trellis window
 * weather window
 * window bar
 * window blind
 * window box
 * window cleaner
 * window curtain
 * window display
 * window dresser


 * window-dressing
 * windowed
 * window envelope
 * window frame
 * windowfront
 * window gardening
 * window glass
 * windowing
 * window ledge
 * windowless
 * window manager
 * window of opportunity
 * window pane, windowpane
 * window plant
 * Windows&reg;
 * window sash
 * window screen
 * window seat
 * window-shopping
 * window sill, windowsill
 * window swallow
 * window tax

Related terms

 * wind

Adjectives for Window
embayed; downy; hallowed; eye-like; stained-glass; pictured; foul; shattered; gaping; modern; prominent; bay; oriel; goggle-eyed; mullioned; iron-barred; steamy; irregular; lofty; filmy; diamond-paned; jeweled; dusky; glittering; dark; eastern; grimy; shuttered; thick; curtained; heat-clouded; latticed; emblazoned; delicate; panoramic; countrified; translucent; unglazed; scullery; fading; outjutting; shop showy; fitted; rusty; iron-grilled; arched tight; shut; barred; dingy; transparent panting; regular; memorial; well-glazed viewless; moon-lit.

Verbs for Window
beat on—; besiege—s; besmirch—; be-smudge—; confront—; curtain—; drum on —; frame—; glower through—; jimmy—; peep out—; peer through—; pelt—; pour through—; putty—; rap on—; scour—; screen—; scrutinize  through—;   seal—; shade—; shatter—; spatter—; view from —; weatherstrip—; yank up (colloq.)—; — admits; —affords; —discloses; —glitters; — rattles; —vents; —ventilates.

Thesaurus
aluminum foil, bay, bay window, bow window, casement, casement window, chaff, fan window, fanlight, grille, lancet window, lantern, lattice, light, louver window, oriel, pane, picture window, port, porthole, rose window, skylight, tinfoil, transom, wicket, window bay, window glass, windowpane

Etymology
From vindauga:, combined from of vindr: (Danish, Norwegian and Swedish vind:, cognate to English wind:) and auga:, literally “wind-eye”. The “windows” in these times were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akkadian:
 * Albanian: dritare
 * Amharic: መስኮት
 * Arabic: ,
 * Aragonese:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Aromanian:
 * Azeri: pəncərə
 * Bashkir:
 * Basque: leiho
 * Belarusian: акно
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: prenestr
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: finestra
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , , 窗子
 * Min Nan: (thang-á-mng)
 * Chuvash:
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,
 * Eastern Mari:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Gagauz:
 * Galician:, ,
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian: ventilasi, jendela
 * Interlingua: fenestra
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:, 窓口
 * Kalmyk:
 * Karachay-Balkar:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khakas:
 * Khmer:


 * Korean:, 창구 (窓口)
 * Kumyk:
 * Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: прозорец (prózorec), прозор (prózor) , окно (ókno) , пенџере (péndžere) , пенџер (péndžer)
 * Maltese: tieqa
 * Marathi: खिडकी (khi.dkī)
 * Mongolian: цонх
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: fenèstra
 * Old Norse: vindauga
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * Russia Buryat:
 * Russian:
 * Scots: windae
 * Scottish Gaelic: uinneag
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , , ,
 * Roman:, , ,
 * Shor:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho: fenstere
 * Southern Altai:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ruta, vindöga, glugg
 * Tagalog: durungawan, bintana
 * Tajik: тиреза
 * Taos: łòxwóloną
 * Tatar: täräzä
 * Telugu: కిటికీ (kiTikee)
 * Thai: หน้าต่าง
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:
 * Tuvan:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: (khi.rkī)
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: fenät, litöp
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian: ramte
 * Yakut:
 * Zulu: ifasitela


 * Afrikaans: venster
 * Danish: tidsrum, interval
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ajavahemik
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, ,


 * Italian: finestra
 * Lithuanian: langas
 * Portuguese: (período de tempo)
 * Romanian: perioadă de timp, interval (de timp)
 * Russian:
 * Slovak:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:


 * Italian: finestra
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: fenestra, fenestrae
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian: langas
 * Macedonian:
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:


 * : 窗口 (chuāngkǒu)
 * : ovetã (1)
 * : fenestro (1,2)
 * : jendela
 * : fenestra (1,3), vitrina (2), intervallo (3)
 * : eagðyrl (1,2)