fenêtre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fenestre, inherited from Latin fenestra.

Pronunciation

  • (France) IPA(key): /fə.nɛtʁ/, /fnɛtʁ/
    • Audio (France); une fenêtre [yn fø.nɛtχ]:(file)
    • (Meridional) IPA(key): [fə.nɛ.tʁə]
    • Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
  • IPA(key): /fə.nɛːtʁ/, /fnɛːtʁ/ (older, now chiefly Belgium and Canada)
    • Audio (Quebec, formal); [fə.nɛːtχ]:(file)
    • Audio (Quebec, informal); [fœ̈.naɛ̯tχ]:(file)
    • Audio (Quebec, Gaspésie, informal); [fnaɛ̯tχ]:(file)
    • Audio (Quebec, informal); [fnaɛ̯t]:(file)

Noun

fenêtre f (plural fenêtres)

  1. window

Synonyms

  • (Quebec, Acadian, Louisiana) châssis m

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: fenèt
  • Mauritian Creole: lafnet

See also

Further reading