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Synonyms for jalousie

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jal-uh-see or, esp. British, zhal-oo-zee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæl əˌsi or, esp. British, ˈʒæl ʊˌzi

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Définition of jalousie

Origin :
  • 1766, French, literally "jealousy" (see jealousy), from notion of looking through blinds without being seen.
  • As in window shade : noun window blind
  • As in Venetian blind : noun blind made of thin slats
  • As in window : noun framework with pane
  • As in curtain : noun window covering
Example sentences :
  • Is our heroine a captive behind a Spanish jalousie, or in an Italian convent?'
  • Extract from : « Sketches » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • She obeyed him, setting the window and the jalousie ajar after her as she had found them.
  • Extract from : « The Velvet Glove » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • At all other windows we had only jalousie blinds, with heavy wooden shutters outside to be closed when a hurricane was feared.
  • Extract from : « Strange Teas, Dinners, Weddings and Fetes » by Various
  • Not even your slippers, to protect you from the scorpions and centipedes,” replied the lady, shutting the “jalousie.
  • Extract from : « Olla Podrida » by Frederick Marryat (AKA Captain Marryat)
  • Hearing the noise, the fellow opened the jalousie, and came out into the verandah above.
  • Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
  • Charleston sits and smiles behind its jalousie blinds—a conservative relic of Huguenot days.
  • Extract from : « Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 2, September, 1905 » by Various
  • Ah, ma pauvre p'tite amie, for why you have a jalousie of my patrie?
  • Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
  • The bough was stuck between two of the bars of the jalousie, and the girl withdrew to the end of the balcony.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
  • Euphrosyne cast a smile down to the nun, and placed herself against the jalousie, holding the branch upon her head.
  • Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
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