defenestración
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin dēfenestrātiōnem, Latin dē (“from; out”) + fenestra (“window”) + -ātiō (suffix indicating an action or process).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defenestɾaˈθjon/ [d̪e.fe.nes.t̪ɾaˈθjõn] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /defenestɾaˈsjon/ [d̪e.fe.nes.t̪ɾaˈsjõn] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: de‧fe‧nes‧tra‧ción
Noun
defenestración f (plural defenestraciones)
Derived terms
- Defenestraciones de Praga (“Defenestrations of Prague”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “defenestración”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024