Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ventipane

/ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ven-tipane
IPA: /ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.

Example Sentences

"A sliding bolt latch is attached to the ventiplane window to engage the vertical window guide, preventing the window from being forced open from the outside."
"The first job assigned to the robot was to remove the castings of small “ventipane” car windows from the dies, check them by holding them up to a feeler switch, and then drop them on a conveyor belt."
"The “Ventipane,” a wide air vent just ahead of the windshield that opened from inside the passenger compartment, caused this."

Etymology

Compound of vent + pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.

Inflected Forms

ventipanes (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

ventilation

Synonyms

vent window quarter glass

Questions

How do you pronounce ventipane?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛn.tɪˌpeɪn/.
What does ventipane mean?: A small, pivoting or fixed glass panel set into the front corner of a vehicle's side window, designed to provide ventilation by directing airflow into the passenger compartment.
Where does ventipane come from?: Compound of vent + pane. First used in early 20th-century American automotive contexts.

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