fenêtre/fə.nɛtʁ/
noun · A2 · Frequency 1004
nounfeminine
Meanings
window, an opening in the wall of a building for light and air.
Usually refers to glass openings in buildings.
a window on a computer screen used to display program interfaces.
Refers to a visible area in a computer graphical user interface.
Examples
La lumière du matin entre par la fenêtre de la cuisine.
The morning light comes in through the kitchen window.
Une fenêtre donne sur le jardin depuis la chambre.
A window overlooks the garden from the bedroom.
Le menuisier a remplacé la fenêtre cassée avant l'hiver.
The carpenter replaced the broken window before winter.
Collocations
- ouvrir la fenêtreto open the window
- une fenêtre de dialoguea dialog box
Common mistakes
J'ouvre la fenetre.
J'ouvre la fenêtre.
The lemma fenêtre must retain the circumflex; fenetre is not the correct spelling of fenêtre.
Related words
synonymvitrineshowcase window
synonymlucarneskylight
nounfeminine
Meanings
window, an opening in the wall of a building for light and air.
Usually refers to glass openings in buildings.
a window on a computer screen used to display program interfaces.
Refers to a visible area in a computer graphical user interface.
Examples
Les fenêtres de la cuisine donnent sur le jardin.
The kitchen windows look out onto the garden.
Nous avons fermé les fenêtres avant de partir.
We closed the windows before leaving.
Les fenêtres laissent entrer beaucoup de lumière le matin.
The windows let in a lot of light in the morning.
Collocations
- ouvrir la fenêtreto open the window
- une fenêtre de dialoguea dialog box
Common mistakes
J'ouvre la fenetre.
J'ouvre la fenêtre.
The lemma fenêtre must retain the circumflex; fenetre is not the correct spelling of fenêtre.
Related words
synonymvitrineshowcase window
synonymlucarneskylight