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Jalousie
//ˈʒalʊziː// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A component in a ventilation system.
- 2 a shutter made of angled slats wordnet
- 3 Upward sloping window slats which form a blind or shutter, allowing light and air in but excluding rain and direct sun.
"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."
- 4 a window with glass louvers wordnet
- 5 A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
Etymology
Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.
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