Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jalousie

/ˈʒalʊziː/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.33 in modern English

Syllables: jalousie
IPA: /ˈʒalʊziː/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A component in a ventilation system.

noun

Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.

noun

A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.

Example Sentences

"A small lofty room, with its window wide open, and the wooden jalousie-blinds closed, so that the dark night only showed in slight horizontal lines of black, alternating with their broad lines of stone colour."
"There were broad windows facing the sea and to the right of them a door leading on to the beach. White plastic jalousies were drawn half up the windows to cut the glare from the sand."
"Nowhere the glitter of a glass casement; Venetian blinds, jalousies, closed every window, and rooms projected in all directions to catch the luxury of a through-draft of air."

Etymology

Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: jalousie

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈʒalʊziː/

Inflected Forms

jalousies (plural)

Derived Forms

jalousied

Frequently Paired Words

blind curtain

Synonyms

louvered window

Questions

How do you pronounce jalousie?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʒalʊziː/.
What does jalousie mean?: A component in a ventilation system.
Where does jalousie come from?: It is traced to French.

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