Phrase guide

window frame

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The wooden, aluminium or PVC etc. framework around a window

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the framework that supports a window

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: framework

History

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Across languages

Translations

34 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: إِطَار النَافِذَة (ʔiṭār an-nāfiḏa) — framework around a window
  • Belarusian: ако́нная ра́ма (akónnaja ráma) — framework around a window
  • Chinese Mandarin: 窗框 (chuāngkuāng) — framework around a window
  • Danish: vinduesramme — framework around a window
  • Danish: vindueskarm — framework around a window
  • Dutch: raamkozijn — framework around a window
  • Dutch: vensterkozijn — framework around a window
  • Esperanto: fenestrokadro — framework around a window
  • Faroese: vindeygakarmur — framework around a window
  • Finnish: ikkunankehys — framework around a window
  • Finnish: ikkunanpoka — framework around a window
  • Finnish: poka — framework around a window
  • Finnish: ikkunanpuite — framework around a window
  • French: châssis — framework around a window
  • French: huisserie — framework around a window
  • German: Fensterrahmen — framework around a window
  • Hungarian: ablakkeret — framework around a window
  • Icelandic: gluggakarmur — framework around a window
  • Irish: cás fuinneoige — framework around a window
  • Irish: fráma fuinneoige — framework around a window
  • Italian: telaio della finestra — framework around a window
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vinduskarm — framework around a window
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vindaugskarm — framework around a window
  • Polish: framuga — framework around a window
  • Portuguese: caixilharia — framework around a window
  • Russian: око́нная ра́ма (okónnaja ráma) — framework around a window
  • Scottish Gaelic: frèam uinneige — framework around a window
  • Spanish: marco de ventana — framework around a window
  • Swedish: fönsterkarm — framework around a window
  • Turkish: söve — framework around a window
  • Turkish: çerçeve — framework around a window
  • Ottoman Turkish: سوا (sıva, süva) — framework around a window
  • Ukrainian: віко́нна ра́ма (vikónna ráma) — framework around a window
  • Volapük: fenätafrem — framework around a window