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dormer-window

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An upright window built from a sloping roof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dormant window, dormer, lucarne, luthern

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

See dormer.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: երդիկ (erdik) — upright window in a roof
  • Bulgarian: капандура (kapandura) — upright window in a roof
  • Catalan: claraboia — upright window in a roof
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老虎窗 (lǎohǔchuāng) — upright window in a roof
  • Czech: vikýř — upright window in a roof
  • Danish: kvistvindye — upright window in a roof
  • Dutch: dakvenster — upright window in a roof
  • Finnish: kattolyhty — upright window in a roof
  • Finnish: ullakkoikkuna — upright window in a roof
  • French: lucarne — upright window in a roof
  • Galician: viela — upright window in a roof
  • Galician: bufarda — upright window in a roof
  • Galician: lumieira — upright window in a roof
  • German: Gaube — upright window in a roof
  • German: Gaubenfenster — upright window in a roof
  • German: Dachgaubenfenster — upright window in a roof
  • German: Dachgaube — upright window in a roof
  • Icelandic: kvistgluggi — upright window in a roof
  • Irish: fuinneog dhormánta — upright window in a roof
  • Italian: abbaino — upright window in a roof
  • Newar: क्वपुझ्याः (kwapujhyā:) — upright window in a roof
  • Norman: f'nêt' à mansarde — upright window in a roof
  • Plautdietsch: Dackfensta — upright window in a roof
  • Polish: facjata — upright window in a roof
  • Portuguese: trapeira — upright window in a roof
  • Romanian: lucarnă — upright window in a roof
  • Russian: слухово́е окно́ (sluxovóje oknó) — upright window in a roof
  • Scottish Gaelic: uinneag mullaich — upright window in a roof
  • Spanish: buhardilla — upright window in a roof
  • Venetan: abaino — upright window in a roof