fenêtre

/fə.nɛtʁ/

la noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
les fenêtres

Meaning

  1. window

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

vitre

Worth distinguishing: vitre is specifically the windowpane, the glass part; fenêtre is the general word for window.

Similar in other languages

German

Fenster

Fenster is the German word for the same thing — both mean "window."

Spanish

ventana

ventana is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "window."

Portuguese

janela

janela is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "window."

Practice

1 What does fenêtre mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ouvre la ___, il fait chaud.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fenêtre?

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