jalousie
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jalousie
- /ˈʒalʊziː/ UK
- /ʒalʊˈziː/ UK
- /ˈd͡ʒæləsiː/
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French jalousie. Doublet of jealousy.
noun jalousies
- A component in a ventilation system.
- 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.
- A pastry with the upper side sliced before final baking to resemble a wooden slatted blind.
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Talk about this word "jalousie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/jalousie. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. jalousie. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/jalousie "jalousie." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/jalousie.
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@misc{jalousie_2026,
title = {jalousie},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jalousie},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
