fenestra

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra.

Noun

fenestra (plural fenestras or fenestrae)

1. (anatomy) An opening in a body, sometimes with a membrane.
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Anagrams

• Feenstra, fastener, refasten

Etymology

From Latin. Compare Italian finestra, French fenêtre, Esperanto fenestro, German Fenster, Dutch venster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /feˈnes.tra/

Noun

fenestra (plural fenestras)

1. window

Alternative forms

• festra

Etymology

Probably of Etruscan origin.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /feˈnes.tra/, [fɛˈnɛs.tra]

Noun

fenestra f (genitive fenestrae); first declension

The wings of many insects have transparent areas, called fenestrae.

1. a window, an opening for light,

   Haec domus quattuor fenestras habet.

   This house has four windows.

2. a breach, a loophole
3. an orifice, inlet
4. an opportunity
5. vocative singular of fenestra

fenestrā f

1. ablative singular of fenestra

References

• fenestra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fenestra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fenestra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fenestra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fenestra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fenestra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Compare the inherited doublet fresta.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨ.ˈnɛʃ.tɾɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /fe.ˈnɛs.tɾɐ/, /fɛ.ˈnɛs.tɾa/
• Hyphenation: fe‧nes‧tra

Noun

fenestra f (plural fenestras)

1. (dated, formal) window

Alternative forms

• finiestra, hiniestra

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fenestra. Doublet of hiniestra, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe̞ˈne̞s.tɾa/
• Hyphenation: fe‧nes‧tra

Noun

fenestra f (plural fenestras)

1. (dated) window