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Word: Jalousie
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 18th century: French, literally ‘jealousy’, from Italian geloso ‘jealous’, also (by extension) ‘screen’, associated with the screening of women from view in the Middle East
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈʒalʊziː
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌʒalʊˈziː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats
Short Definition:blind or shutter made of row of angled slats
Examples:- he peeped between the half-open jalousies
- jalousie windows
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